A modular method for the extraction of DNA and RNA, and the separation of DNA pools from diverse environmental sample types

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue MAY, 2015, Pages

  Lever, Mark A ^a,d   Torti, Andrea ^a   Eickenbusch, Philip ^b,d   Michaud, Alexander B ^c   Šantl Temkiv, Tina ^a   Jørgensen, Bo Barker ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA; Environmental sample; Extracellular; Extraction; Intracellular; Low biomass; Modular; RNA

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHATE; RNA 16S;

AIR SAMPLING; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CYTOLYSIS; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; DNA OXIDATION; DNA PURIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; MICROBIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; NUCLEIC ACID QUANTIFICATION; OXIDATION; PH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRECIPITATION; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SOIL ANALYSIS; WATER SAMPLING;

EID: 84931267340     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00476     Document Type: Article

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