Optimized DNA extraction and metagenomic sequencing of airborne microbial communities

Nature Protocols

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 768-779

  Jiang, Wenjun ^a   Liang, Peng ^a   Wang, Buying ^a   Fang, Jianhuo ^a   Lang, Jidong ^a   Tian, Geng ^a   Jiang, Jingkun ^a   Zhu, Ting F ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; RNA 16S; DNA; PARTICULATE MATTER;

AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE MICROORGANISM; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA LIBRARY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; DEVICES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; QUALITY CONTROL; WORKFLOW;

AIR MICROBIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHINA; DNA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; PARTICULATE MATTER; QUALITY CONTROL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; WORKFLOW;

EID: 84929485677     PISSN: 17542189     EISSN: 17502799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nprot.2015.046     Document Type: Article

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