Does blood of healthy subjects contain bacterial ribosomal DNA?

ABSTRACT: Real-time PCR methods with primers and a probe targeting conserved regions of the bacterial 16S ribosomal DNA (rDNA) revealed a larger amount of rDNA in blood specimens from healthy individuals than in matched reagent controls. However, the origins and identities of these blood-associated bacterial rDNA sequences remain obscure.

SUBMITTER: Nikkari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC88056 | biostudies-literature | 2001 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature