Xanthogenate nucleic acid isolation from cultured and environmental cyanobacteria

Journal of Phycology

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 251-258

  Tillett, Daniel ^a   Neilan, Brett A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyanobacteria; DNA extraction; Nucleic acids; PCR; Xanthogenate

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033864928     PISSN: 00223646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2000.99079.x     Document Type: Article

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