Method for recovery of intact DNA for community analysis of marine intertidal microbial biofilms |
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Authors: | José A Narváez-Zapata Norma Rodríguez-Ávila Benjamín O Ortega-Morales |
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Institution: | (1) Departmento de Microbiologá Ambiental y Biotecnol ogá, Programa de Corrosión del Golfo de México, Universidad Autónoma de Campeche, Av. Agustń Melgar, Col. Lindavista, C.P.24030, Campeche, Campeche, México |
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Abstract: | A protocol is described for rapid DNA isolation from marine biofilm microorganisms embedded in large amounts of exopolysaccharides.
The method is a modification of the hot phenol protocol used for plants tissues, where nonexpensive and easily available enzymes
were used. The method is based on the incubation of biofilm biomass samples in an extraction buffer mixed with phenol preheated
at 65°C. The procedure can be completed in 2 h and up to 20 samples can be processed simultaneously with ease and DNA of excellent
quality, as shown by successfully amplification of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) products. DNA was recovered from a range
of intertidal marine biofilms with varying amounts of exopolysaccharides. |
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Keywords: | DNA extraction marine biofilms microbial community hot phenol exopolysaccharides |
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