EVALUATION OF FOUR DIFFERENT DNA EXTRACTION METHODS IN COAGULASE-NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCI CLINICAL ISOLATES

Currently there are several methods to extract bacterial DNA based on different principles. However, the amount and the quality of the DNA obtained by each one of those methods is highly variable and microorganism dependent, as illustrated by coagulase-negative staphylococci (CoNS) which have a thic...

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Main Authors: Caio Fernando de Oliveira, Thiago Galvao da Silva Paim, Keli Cristine Reiter, Alexandre Rieger, Pedro Alves D'azevedo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2014-01-01
Series:Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de São Paulo
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-46652014000100029&lng=en&tlng=en