Special Applications using the MiniBeadbeater Cell Disrupters

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Special or Timely Applications using MiniBeadbeater Cell Disrupters

Extraction from Soil & Wastes

The Extraction and Purification of microbial DNA from Sediments, Andrew Ogram et. al., J. Microbiol. Methods, Vol.7, p.57-66 (1987)

Methods for microbial DNA extraction from soil for PCR amplification, C. Yeates, et. al., Biological Procedures Online (1998), <http://www.biologicalprocedures.com/bpo/arts/1/6/m6.pdf>

Evaluation and Optimiztion of DNA Extraction and Purification Procedures for Soil and Sediment Samples, D.N. Miller et. al., Appl. Environ. Microbiology, Vol.65, p.4715-4724 (1999). Click for web copy

Rapid Method for Coextraction of DNA and RNA from Natural Environments for Analysis of Ribosomal DNA- and rRNA-based Microbial Community Composition, R.I. Griffiths et. al., Appl. Environ. Microbiology, Vol 66, p.5488-5491(2000)

Simultaneous DNA/RNA Extraction from Soil, a protocol based on a modified method of Griffiths et. al.(2000), from Eoin Brodie, April 2003. Click for web copy

Improved Extraction of PCR-quality Community DNA from Digesta and Fecal Samples, Zhongtang Yu and Mark Morrison, BioTechniques, Vol 36, p.808-813 (2004)

Virus & Spores

West Nile virus Epidemic in Horses, Tuscany Region, Italy, Gian L Autorino et. al., Emerg. Infect. Dis., Vol.8, No..12, (2002) (serial online), <http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/vol8no12/02-0234.htm>

Reexamination of the Role of Autolysis in the Development of Myxococcus xanthus, Kathleen A. O'Connor and David R. Zusman, J. Bacteriology, Vol.170, p.4103-4112 (1988)

A Field Investigation of Bacillus anthracis Contamination of USDA and Other Washington, DC Buildings during the Antrax Attack of October 2001, James A. Higgins, et. al., Appl. Environ. Microbiology, Vol.69, p.593-599 (2003)

Invertebrates

Disruption of the nematotode worm C. elegans, A procedural note, Christopher Hopkins, (June 2005). Click for web copy