Table 1 Analytical performance of 93 optimized assay-sets in the high-throughput BioMark HD nano-fluidic real-time PCR (‘Fluidigm’).

From: Optimization of a high-throughput nanofluidic real-time PCR to detect and quantify of 15 bacterial species and 92 Streptococcus pneumoniae serotypes

Assay-set

Calibrator

Efficiency (%) [− 1 + 10(−1/m)]

LOD (g-Block)

Linear equation

r2

1

St 1

98

101

y =  − 3.3761x + 24.236

1.00

2

St 2

95

10

y =  − 3.4361x + 26.784

1.00

3

St 3

108

101

y =  − 3.1449x + 22.45

1.00

4

St 4

100

101

y =  − 3.32x + 28.393

1.00

5

St 5

99

101

y =  − 3.3421x + 25.415

1.00

6A/B/C/D(F/G/H)

St 6B

100

101

y =  − 3.327x + 30.357

0.99

6A/C

St 6C

97

102

y =  − 3.4039x + 30.277

0.97

6C/D

St 6C

97

10

y =  − 3.384x + 27.769

0.99

7A/F

St 7F

95

101

y =  − 3.4605x + 26.292

1.00

7B/C/40

St 7C

102

101

y =  − 3.2729x + 27.595

0.99

8

St 8

110

102

y =  − 3.1071x + 24.264

1.00

9A/L/N/V

St 9A

102

101

y =  − 3.268x + 25.114

1.00

9A/V

St 9 V

101

101

y =  − 3.3014x + 24.495

0.99

9L/N

St 9N

99

10

y =  − 3.3583x + 28.397

1.00

10A

St 10A

99

10

y =  − 3.3555x + 24.534

1.00

10A/B

St 10B

100

101

y =  − 3.3263x + 23.409

0.99

10C/F

St 10C

96

102

y =  − 3.4327x + 28.19

1.00

11A/B/C/D/E/F

St 11A

102

101

y =  − 3.2846x + 26.706

0.99

11A/D

St 11D

91

102

y =  − 3.5656x + 29.722

1.00

11B/C

St 11B

100

102

y =  − 3.3137x + 25.745

1.00

11F

St 11F

103

102

y =  − 3.2412x + 30.921

0.99

12A/B/F/44/46

St 12B

100

102

y =  − 3.3217x + 22.458

1.00

12B

g-Block

97

101

y =  − 3.4084x + 26.027

1.00

13

St 13

105

10

y =  − 3.2135x + 24.699

1.00

14

St 14

100

102

y =  − 3.3232x + 26.189

0.99

15A/B/C/F

St 15A

97

10

y =  − 3.3908x + 26.255

1.00

15A/F

St 15A

109

102

y =  − 3.119x + 23.396

0.99

15B/C

St 15B

98

102

y =  − 3.3707x + 25.31

0.99

16A

g-Block

102

10

y =  − 3.2674x + 24.3

0.99

16F

St 16F

104

102

y =  − 3.2321x + 25.116

1.00

16F/18F/28AF

St 18F

108

101

y =  − 3.1525x + 24.213

0.99

17A

St 17A

91

101

y =  − 3.5508x + 23.693

1.00

17A/F

St 17F

99

101

y =  − 3.3389x + 26.05

0.98

18A/B/C/F

St 18C

99

102

y =  − 3.3484x + 22.148

1.00

18B/C/F

St 18C

98

10

y =  − 3.363x + 23.995

1.00

18C/F

St 18C

98

102

y =  − 3.3743x + 31.732

0.99

19A

St 19A

94

102

y =  − 3.483x + 23.801

1.00

19B/F

St 19B

108

102

y =  − 3.1345x + 20.812

1.00

19F

g-Block

110

101

y =  − 3.1075x + 26.863

1.00

20

St 20

99

102

y =  − 3.3405x + 25.595

0.99

21

St 21

103

102

y =  − 3.2409x + 27.273

0.99

22A/F

St 22F

98

102

y =  − 3.3701x + 26.527

1.00

22F

St 22F

95

102

y =  − 3.438x + 30.669

0.98

23A/B/F

St 23B

94

102

y =  − 3.4648x + 29.288

0.98

23B

St 23B

97

102

y =  − 3.3888x + 28.063

1.00

23F

St 23F

102

101

y =  − 3.2754x + 22.908

0.99

24A

St 24A

94

101

y =  − 3.4846x + 25.594

0.99

24B/F

St 24F

103

102

y =  − 3.2571x + 25.548

1.00

25A/F

St 25F

90

101

y =  − 3.5977x + 23.92

0.99

25A/F/38

St 25A

93

102

y =  − 3.5069x + 24.259

1.00

27

St 27

95

102

y =  − 3.4509x + 24.242

0.99

28AF

g-Block

92

102

y =  − 3.517x + 24.565

1.00

29

g-Block

105

102

y =  − 3.2145x + 26.526

1.00

31

g-Block

104

10

y =  − 3.2831x + 22.833

1.00

32A/F

St 32A

98

10

y =  − 3.3804x + 22.641

0.99

33A/F/37

St 33A

100

10

y =  − 3.3257x + 23.074

0.99

33B/C

St 33C

97

10

y =  − 3.406x + 25.401

1.00

33C

St 33C

96

101

y =  − 3.4155x + 25.436

1.00

33D

g-Block

109

10

y =  − 3.1097x + 25.098

1.00

34/17A

St 34

97

10

y =  − 3.4042x + 24.341

1.00

34/37/17A

St 37

100

10

y =  − 3.3282x + 27.087

1.00

35A/C/42

St 35C

100

10

y =  − 3.3161x + 25.966

0.99

35B

St 35B

103

101

y =  − 3.251x + 27.268

0.98

35F/47F

St 35F

90

102

y =  − 3.5757x + 24.976

0.98

36

St 36

102

101

y =  − 3.2814x + 26.331

1.00

39

g-Block

106

10

y =  − 3.462x + 21.292

1.00

41A

St 41A

101

10

y =  − 3.3039x + 24.147

1.00

41F

g-Block

94

102

y =  − 3.4843x + 22.181

0.98

43

g-Block

105

10

y =  − 3.1997x + 27.245

0.99

45

St 45

90

10

y =  − 3.6009x + 26.052

1.00

46

g-Block

98

101

y =  − 3.3655x + 21.273

1.00

47AF

St 47F

95

101

y =  − 3.442x + 24.074

0.99

48

St 48

91

10

y =  − 3.5707x + 24.586

0.99

Acinetobacter baumanii

A. baumanii

94

101

y =  − 3.4785x + 26.193

0.99

Bordetella holmesii (hIS)

g-Block

91

102

y =  − 3.5491x + 29.271

1.00

B. pertussis/holmesii (IS481)

B. pertussis

90

102

y =  − 3.5933x + 25.235

0.99

B. parapertussis (pIS)

B. parapertussis

95

10

y =  − 3.4358x + 21.956

0.99

B. pertussis/bronchiseptica/parapertussis (PtxS)

B. parapertussis

97

10

y =  − 3.3903x + 22.329

0.99

Haemophilus influenzae (BexA)

H. influenzae, type b

93

101

y =  − 3.513x + 25.169

1.00

H. influenzae (BexB)

H. influenzae, type b

102

101

y =  − 3.2784x + 26.106

1.00

H. influenzae, type b

H. influenzae, type b

97

102

y =  − 3.3953x + 22.967

0.99

H. influenzae (IgA1)

H. influenzae, type b

97

10

y =  − 3.3905x + 21.628

1.00

Klebsiella pneumoniae

g-Block

99

10

y =  − 3.3499x + 26.09

0.98

Morexella catarrhalis

M. catarrhalis

97

101

y =  − 3.4079x + 26.561

0.99

Neiserria lactamica

N. lactamica

102

101

y =  − 3.2662x + 25.872

0.98

Neiserria meningitidis

N. meningitidis

99

102

y =  − 3.3496x + 24.255

0.98

Staphylooccus aureus

S. aureus

91

101

y =  − 3.5547x + 29.696

1.00

Streptococcus oralis

g-Block

108

101

y =  − 3.1503x + 26.386

1.00

Streptococcus pneumoniae (LytA)

St 4

99

101

y =  − 3.3582x + 26.927

1.00

S. pneumoniae (PiaB)

St 4

97

101

y =  − 3.394x + 26.863

0.99

S. pneumoniae (Ply)

St 4

96

101

y =  − 3.4107x + 26.927

1.00

S. pyogenes

g-Block

99

10

y =  − 3.3488x + 25.05

1.00