Direct extraction of microbial community DNA from humified upland soils

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 30-33

  Clegg, C D ^a   Ritz, K ^a   Griffiths, B S ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENZYMES; MICROORGANISMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOILS;

ABSORBANCE RATIO; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DIRECT EXTRACTION; DRY SOIL; FREEZE/THAW; HIGH PURITY; HIGHER YIELD; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; RESTRICTION ENZYMES; UPLAND SOIL;

DNA;

BACTERIAL DNA; CESIUM CHLORIDE; HUMIC ACID; LYSOZYME; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; DNA PURIFICATION; EXTRACTION; FREEZING; LYSIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA; THAWING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0030849809     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1997.00166.x     Document Type: Article

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