Techniques for minimizing the effects of PCR inhibitors in the chytridiomycosis assay

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 230-236

  Kosch, T A ^a   Summers, K ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amphibians; Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis; Chytridiomycosis; DNA extraction; Humic acid; PCR assay; PCR inhibition

Indexed keywords

ENZYME INHIBITOR; FUNGAL DNA; TAQ POLYMERASE;

AMPHIBIA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CHYTRIDIOMYCETES; DRUG ANTAGONISM; EQUIPMENT; EVALUATION; GENETICS; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

AMPHIBIANS; ANALYTIC SAMPLE PREPARATION METHODS; ANIMALS; CHYTRIDIOMYCOTA; DNA, FUNGAL; ENZYME INHIBITORS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; MYCOSES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAQ POLYMERASE;

AMPHIBIA; BATRACHOCHYTRIUM DENDROBATIDIS; BOVINAE;

EID: 84873989889     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12041     Document Type: Article

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