High diversity in DNA of soil bacteria.

doi:10.1128/aem.56.3.782-787.1990

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High diversity in DNA of soil bacteria.

Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 1990

Torsvik V, Goksøyr J, Daae F L

Abstract excerpt

Soil bacterium DNA was isolated by minor modifications of previously described methods. After purification on hydroxyapatite and precipitation with cetylpyridinium bromide, the DNA was sheared in a French press to give fragments with an average molecular mass of 420,000 daltons. After repeated hy...

Topics

Bacteria
DNA, Bacterial
Genetic Variation
Nucleic Acid Hybridization
Soil Microbiology

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