A comparison of five methods for extraction of bacterial DNA from human faecal samples

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 131-139

  McOrist, Alexandra L ^a   Jackson, Michelle ^a   Bird, Anthony R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bacteroides uniformis; DNA extraction; Faecal samples; Lactobacillus acidophilus; PCR

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; DNA EXTRACTION; FECES ANALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA; BACTEROIDES; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REAGENT KITS, DIAGNOSTIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES UNIFORMIS; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS ACIDOPHILUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036242883     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-7012(02)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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