How to Deal with PCR Contamination in Molecular Microbial Ecology

Microbial Ecology

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 834-841

  Mennerat, Adèle ^a,b,c   Sheldon, Ben C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DITHIOTHREITOL; GATC-SPECIFIC TYPE II DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; RIBOSOMAL SPACER DNA; TYPE II SITE SPECIFIC DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE;

BACTERIUM; FECES; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROCEDURES; SKIN; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BACTERIA; DECONTAMINATION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DITHIOTHREITOL; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL SPACER; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOUTH; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKIN;

EID: 84939879242     PISSN: 00953628     EISSN: 1432184X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00248-014-0453-y     Document Type: Article

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