Table 3 Results obtained with designed probes for a mixture of phenanthrene and fluoranthene.
| Gene name | phnA1a | phnA2a | ahdA1c | ahdA2c | bphB | bphC | bphA3 | ahdA4 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Targeted region | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B |
|
Total number of
specific probes | 256 | 384 | 48 | 128 | 128 | 1024 | 1024 | 768 | 768 | 384 | 128 | 128 | 576 | 768 | 1024 | 512 |
|
Number of specific
probes giving a positive signal (SNR' > 3) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
|
Highest median SNR'
obtained for each targeted region |
18.32 ± 3.64 |
6.62 ± 0.31 | X |
22.64 ± 3.21 |
8.61 ± 1.59 |
9.93 ± 1.32 |
8.92 ± 1.52 |
16.26 ± 2.45 |
5.79 ± 1.73 |
4.09 ± 0.66 |
4.47 ± 0.30 |
4.54 ± 0.81 |
36.87 ± 7.83 |
9.79 ± 1.39 | X | X |
|
Specific probe for
EPA505 gene giving highest median SNR' | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
|
For comparison, total
number of specific probes giving a positive signal with glucose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |