Comparative study of methods for extraction and purification of environmental DNA from high-strength wastewater sludge
Meisam Tabatabaei1,4*, Mohd Rafein Zakaria1, Raha Abdul Rahim2, Norhani Abdullah3 andré-Denis G. Wright5, Yoshihito Shirai6, Mehdi Shamsara7, Kenji Sakai8 and Mohd Ali Hassan1
1Department of Bioprocess Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
2Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
3Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences,Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
4Microbial Biotechnology and Biosafety Department, Agricultural Biotechnology Research Institute of Iran (ABRII), Seed and Plant Improvement Institute's Campus, 31535-1897, Mahdasht Road, Karaj, Iran.
5Department of Animal Science, University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, USA.
6Life Science and Systems Engineering, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 2-4Hibikino, Wakamatsu-ku, Kitakyushu 808-0196, Japan.
7National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 14155-6343, Tehran, Iran.
8Labroratory of Soil Microorganisms, Department of Plant Resources, Graduate School of Bioresources and Bioenvironmental Sciences, Kyushu University, 6-10-10Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan, 812-8581.
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