Assessment of microbial DNA extraction methods of cadaver soil samples for criminal investigations

Australian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 265-272

  Finley, Sheree J ^a   Lorenco, Nathalie ^a   Mulle, Jennifer ^b,c   Robertson, Boakai K ^a   Javan, Gulnaz T ^a  

^a ALABAMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

cadaver soil; DNA extraction; humic acid; next generation sequencing

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; HUMIC ACID; RNA 16S;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOIL;

EID: 84937596901     PISSN: 00450618     EISSN: 1834562X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00450618.2015.1063690     Document Type: Article

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