MicrobiologyScientific ReportsPeer-reviewed
Optimization of subsampling, decontamination, and DNA extraction of difficult peat and silt permafrost samples
A. Saidi-Mehrabad, P. Neuberger, M. Cavaco…·B. D. Lanoil
This paper evaluates decontamination and DNA extraction methods for peat and silt permafrost samples, finding that a combined bleaching, washing, and scraping method effectively removes contamination and a modified DNA extraction kit yields amplifiable DNA.
DOI 10.1038/s41598-020-71234-0