I think Primer binding site or concentration of DNA might be in small proportion reasons for PCR failure. One more thing you should preserve it in double distill water.
Dear Nandene.Yes positive control done and there was amplification in the positive control...Two methods Quigen Kit and manual protocol(GuHCl & SiO2) method followed.Cheers
You used 2.5 ul DNA in the PCR, and the DNA concentration is Old = 50-150 ng/ul, Fresh = 400 ng/ul. Therefore, the DNA template in your PCR reaction should have been either at least 125 ng ( 50 x 2.5) from the Old sample or 1000 ng (2.5 x 400) from the Fresh sample. How did you get that 25 ng DNA amount in your answer? Did you dilute the DNA samples?
You can do a positive control experiment by other easy amplication gene segment, such as 16S rDNA, so it can judge whether you DNA is wrong or PCR is wrong.