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Simultaneous DNA-RNA Extraction from Coastal Sediments and Quantification of 16S rRNA Genes and Transcripts by Real-time PCR
Published on: June 11, 2016
Effect of soil clay content on RNA isolation and on detection and quantification of bacterial gene transcripts in
1Université de Moncton, Biology Department, Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.
Applied and Environmental Microbiology
|July 5, 2011
Abstract:
In this study, we evaluated the effect of soil clay content on RNA isolation and on quantitative reverse transcription-PCR (qRT-PCR) quantification of microbial gene transcripts. The amount of clay significantly altered RNA isolation yields and qRT-PCR analyses. Recommendations are made for quantifying microbial gene transcripts in soil samples varying in clay content.
