Skim milk drastically improves the efficacy of DNA extraction from andisol, a volcanic ash soil

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 247-252

  Takada Hoshino, Yuko ^a   Matsumoto, Naoyuki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Environmental DNA; Microbial community analysis; Molecular methods; Unculturable microorganisms

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750070635     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: 00213551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.39.247     Document Type: Review

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