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 |