Optimization of subsampling, decontamination, and DNA extraction of difficult peat and silt permafrost samples
A. Saidi-Mehrabad, P. Neuberger, M. Cavaco, D. Froese, 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.
bioRxiv · Jan 2, 2020Microbiology