Damage and degradation rates of extracellular DNA in marine sediments: Implications for the preservation of gene sequences

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 17, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 3939-3951

  Corinaldesi, C ^a   Beolchini, F ^a   Dell'Anno, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

16S rDNA; Depurination; DNA preservation; DNases; Extracellular DNA; Marine sediments

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S; SEA WATER;

ARTICLE; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ECOSYSTEM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RNA GENE; SEDIMENT;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ECOSYSTEM; GENES, RRNA; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEAWATER;

PROKARYOTA;

EID: 50049114397     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: 1365294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03880.x     Document Type: Article

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