Determination of microbial diversity in environmental samples: pitfalls of PCR-based rRNA analysis

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1997
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Abstract
After nearly 10 years of PCR-based analysis of prokaryotic small-subunit ribosomal RNAs for ecological studies it seems necessary to summarize reported pitfalls of this approach which will most likely lead to an erroneous description on the microbial diversity of a given habitat. The following article will cover specific aspects of sample collection, cell lysis, nucleic acid extraction, PCR amplification, separation of amplified DNA, application of nucleic probes and data analysis.
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Authors Friedrich von Wintzingerode, Ulf B. Göbel, Erko Stackebrandt
Journal FEMS microbiology reviews
Year 1997
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10.1111/j.1574-6976.1997.tb00351.x
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