1. Effect of DNA Extraction Method on the Apparent Microbial Diversity of Soil.
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İğlu, Özgü, Hoogwout, Eelco F., Hill, Patrick, and Dirk van Elsas, Jan
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DNA , *AGRICULTURE , *AGRICULTURAL biotechnology , *MOLECULAR microbiology , *SOIL microbiology , *ARABLE land , *BACTERIAL growth , *CROP yields , *CELLS - Abstract
Four extraction methods, including a novel one, were compared for their efficiencies in producing DNA from three contrasting agricultural soils. Molecular analyses (PCR–denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis [DGGE] and clone libraries) focusing on different microbial groups were used as assessment criteria. Per soil, the DNA yields differed between extraction methods. Clear effects of method on apparent richness and community structure were found. Actinobacterial diversity based on soil DNA produced by two divergent methods revealed that a hitherto–undescribed group was obtained by the novel method. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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