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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Showmaker K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3241691 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20111216 12
A quantitative PCR procedure targeting the β-tubulin gene determined the number of Rotylenchulus reniformis Linford & Oliveira 1940 in metagenomic DNA samples isolated from soil. Of note, this outcome was in the presence of other soil-dwelling plant parasitic nematodes including its sister genus Helicotylenchus Steiner, 1945. The methodology provides a framework for molecular diagnostics of nematodes from metagenomic DNA isolated directly from soil. ...[more]