Rapid purification of DNA from soil for molecular biodiversity analysis

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-53

  Yeates, C ^a   Gillings, M R ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; EXTRACTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA;

BIODIVERSITY ANALYSIS; CELL/B.E; DIRECT USE; DNA EXTRACTION; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXTRACTION METHOD; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR BIODIVERSITY; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; RAPID PURIFICATION;

DNA;

RIBOSOME RNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; DNA PURIFICATION; EUKARYOTE; EXTRACTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROKARYOTE; SOIL; SOIL MICROFLORA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031854206     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765X.1998.00383.x     Document Type: Article

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