I have a general CTAB protocol posted at
http://darwin.ceh.uvic.ca/people/mcarctab.html that may work for your
diatoms. It has behaved well for everything we've tried to date.
Andrew
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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, ISAAC FORQUER wrote:
> To any one who works with diatoms:
>> I will soon be trying to isolate DNA from diatoms to perform some
> tests. I was wondering if anyone has a protocol for DNA isolation from
> diatoms.
>>> Thanks,
> Isaac Forquer
>> please send directly to s001ipf at discover.wright.edu>>>>>
