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Extraction of PCR-ready DNA from Staphylococcus aureus bacteriophages using carboxyl functionalized magnetic nonporous microspheres

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KAHÁNKOVÁ Jana ŠPANOVÁ Alena PANTŮČEK Roman HORÁK Daniel DOŠKAŘ Jiří RITTICH Bohuslav

Year of publication 2009
Type Article in Periodical
Magazine / Source Journal of Chromatography B
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Faculty of Science

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Field Genetics and molecular biology
Keywords Magnetic microspheres; P(HEMA-co-EDMA); Staphylococcus aureus; Bacteriophage DNA; Polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
Description Magnetic microspheres P(HEMA-co-EDMA) were used for PCR-ready phage DNA isolation from lysogenic strains of Staphylococcus aureus, including two new clinical isolates. The conditions of phage particle lysis were optimized. The quality of eluted phage DNA was evaluated by PCR. It was demonstrated that PCR-ready phage DNA can be isolated from small volumes of phage lysates (150 microL) by magnetic microspheres. The reported method is very expeditious without using toxic compounds such as phenol or chloroform. It can be used for phage identification and phage gene detection.
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