Anticipating xenogenic pollution at the source: Impact of sterilizations on DNA release from microbial cultures
D. Calderon Franco, Q. Lin, M. C. M. van Loosdrecht, B. A. Abbas, D. G. Weissbrodt
The paper assesses DNA release from microbial cultures after sterilization and finds that current methods do not prevent DNA contamination, with autoclaving being the most DNA-damaging.
bioRxiv · Nov 8, 2019Microbiology