Skip to main content

Table 2 DNA quality assessment by different primers

From: Using formalin fixed paraffin embedded tissue to characterize the microbiota in p16-positive and p16-negative tongue squamous cell carcinoma: a pilot study

Primer

The number

of samples

PCR

pre-experiment

 

PCR

formal experiments

 

Success rate of sequencing

library construction

A

B

C

 

A

B

C

 

A + B/ total number of cases

515 F/806R

60

0

12(6 p16+/6 p16-)

48

 

8

2

2

 

16.67%

27 F/338R

60

0

15(9 p16+/6 p16-)

45

 

10

1

4

 

18.33%

338 F/806R

60

0

5(3 p16+/2 p16-)

55

 

5

0

0

 

8.33%