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Inhibitory effects of undecayed wood and the detection of Postia placenta using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

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Pulverized, undecayed wood was shown to be, in general, inhibitory to attempts to use enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) in detecting and quantifying the decay fungus Postia placenta (Fr.) M. Lars. et Lomb. Nevertheless, the assay was still able to adequately detect the presence of P. placenta at a greater than 1: 10,000 dilution even in the presence of 0.1 g/ml spruce wood. The use of polyvinyl pyrrolidone did not improve ELISA performance but adsorbent polystyrene had some effect on the assay sensitivity.

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  1. Department of Forest Biology College of Forest Resources, University of Maine, 113 Nutting Hall, 04469, Orono, ME, USA

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Jellison, J., Goodell, B. Inhibitory effects of undecayed wood and the detection of Postia placenta using the enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay. Wood Sci.Technol. 23, 13–20 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00350602

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