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Master Thesis Differentiation of Filamentous Fungi by Polymerase Chain Reaction (pcr) and Fourier Transform Infrared (ftir) Spectroscopy(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2017) Güngör, Sinem; Baysal, Ayşe HandanFourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy is considered to be a rapid, reliable, sensitive, and a cost-effective technique, which could be used as an efficient tool for microorganism identification. Since bio-molecules, such as lipids, carbohydrates, and nucleic acids, have their own unique ‘vibrational’ fingerprints and characteristic functional groups, which correspond to specific infrared light frequencies, FTIR spectrum obtained for any compound gives the information on the unique ‘fingerprint’. The objective of this study was to investigate the ability of FTIR spectroscopy for differentiating different species of filamentous fungi. In this study, Erkence cultivar olives which were collected from different orchards were used for different fungal strain isolation. The fungi isolates were grown on Malt Extract Agar (MEA) and Czapek Yeast Agar (CYA) at room temperature of 25ºC for 10 days. 15 different genera and 53 species were identified by using Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) and characterized in terms of DNA sequencing. FTIR spectroscopy was applied to 71 species as a novel technique to identify fungi. 18 pre-defined species that were collected fom previous studies, were also used for FTIR spectroscopy investigation. Statistical analysis of the data was performed by using a principal component analysis (PCA). FTIR spectroscopy provides a potentially powerful approach to differentiate filamentous fungi.Master Thesis Real-Time Pcr as a Molecular Tool for the Enumeration of Probiotics in Commercial Products(Izmir Institute of Technology, 2016) Öz, Ödül; Baysal, Ayşe Handan; Arslanoğlu, AlperQuantitative Real-Time PCR (qPCR) assays targeting the 16S rDNA was developed as a genus and species specific detection tool for Bifidobacterium and Lactobacillus, and Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and Lactobacillus acidophilus LA-5, respectively. Standard curves were established to quantify these probiotic bacteria. The linear regression of standard curves indicated high correlations between the log numbers of pure probiotic culture cells and the Ct values. The assay had a high efficiency and the limit of detection was estimated to be 1.54 ng DNA (corresponding to 104 cells). Results show that qPCR method may be very useful as a rapid, sensitive and specific tool for detecting and quantifying B. animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and L. acidophilus LA-5 in probiotic supplements. FTIR spectroscopy was used for the first time to determine the ratios of different microorganisms in commercial probiotic supplements. FTIR analysis was also performed for the pure probiotic cultures of B. animalis subsp. lactis BB-12 and L. acidophilus LA-5. Results obtained in this study showed that FTIR spectroscopy is potentially a rapid method for determining probiotic cell components and their ratios in the supplements and verification their detection and identification.