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Quantitative Enumeration of Yeast and Molds: Myth vs Fact

Medicinal Genomics

A Canada lab recently posted a study that questions qPCR’s ability to quantitate microbial contamination on cannabis. Fact: The authors did not use the best qPCR tools for the job. Myth: Plating is the “gold standard” for microbial testing. Myth: Variation in ITS copy numbers presents a problem for qPCR quantification.