Research Article

Analytical Validation of TaqMan™ Assays on the OpenArray™ Platform Using Applied Biosystems QuantStudio™ 12K Flex for the Rapid Identification of Nail Microbiota

Table 2

The validation experiment strategy.

OpenArrayDayNTCSynthetic controlgDNAExclusivityHuman gDNAExtractedTotalComment

11611111424Positive controls, specificity controls, plasmid, organism pools, NTC
21611111424Positive controls, specificity controls, plasmid, organism pools, NTC
31000002424Plasmid
42611111424Positive controls, specificity controls, plasmid, organism pools, NTC
52611111424Positive controls, specificity controls, plasmid, organism pools, NTC
62000002424Plasmid
73611111424Positive controls, specificity controls, plasmid, organism pools, NTC
83611111424Positive controls, specificity controls, plasmid, organism pools, NTC
93000002424Plasmid
10Any one day318000021Plasmid dilutions for linear range