PCR amplification of crude microbial DNA extracted from soil

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-307

  Yeates, C ^a   Gillings, M R ^a   Davison, A D ^a   Altavilla, N ^a   Veal, D A ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; RNA; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOILS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

DNA EXTRACTION; EXTRACTION METHOD; GLASS BEAD; ISOPROPANOL PRECIPITATIONS; LARGE-SCALES; PCR AMPLIFICATION; PHENOLS EXTRACTION; POTASSIUM ACETATE; SODIUM DODECYL SULPHATE; SOIL TYPES;

DNA;

BETA TUBULIN; RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030821740     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00232.x     Document Type: Article

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