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Extraction of High Molecular Weight DNA from Microbial Mats
Published on: July 7, 2011
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Metagenomic libraries data sets from the hypersaline benthic microbial mats of the Fraternidad Lagoon, Puerto Rico,
Rene Nieves-Morales1, Christian J Quiles-Pérez2, Edwin Omar Rivera-Lopez3
1Microbial Biotechnology and Bioprospecting Laboratory, Biology Department, University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, USA.
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Abstract
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Microbial mats are biofilm formations that reflect early Earth ecosystems. To investigate their microbial diversity, an indirect DNA extraction method was applied to benthic ephemeral microbial mats from Fraternidad Saltern Lagoon during rainy and dry seasons. This approach yields high molecular DNA, suitable for metabolic and diversity analysis.

