Ancient microbes from halite fluid inclusions: Optimized surface sterilization and DNA extraction

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Sankaranarayanan, Krithivasan ^a   Timofeeff, Michael N ^a   Spathis, Rita ^a   Lowenstein, Tim K ^a   Lum, J Koji ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BICARBONATE; DNA; HALITE; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; INTERNAL TRANSCRIBED SPACER 1; MINERAL; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ARCHAEAL DNA;

ALGAL COMMUNITY; ANTIQUITY; ARCHAEBACTERIUM; ARTICLE; ASEPSIS; ASTRONOMY; BLEACHING; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; DNA EXTRACTION; EVOLUTION; GEOLOGICAL TIME; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE STERILIZATION; UNITED STATES; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ALGAE; ARCHAEA;

ARCHAEA; BASE SEQUENCE; CALIFORNIA; CRYSTALLIZATION; DNA, ARCHAEAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; MINERALS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; STERILIZATION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 79958283751     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020683     Document Type: Article

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