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To isolate bacterial DNA directly from soil and quantify its genetic diversity and complexity using DNA reassociation kinetics.

March 1, 1990Applied and Environmental MicrobiologyOpen Access

High diversity in DNA of soil bacteria

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To isolate bacterial DNA directly from soil and quantify its genetic diversity and complexity using DNA reassociation kinetics.
Extracted and purified bacterial DNA from soil using hydroxyapatite chromatography and cetylpyridinium bromide precipitation, followed by French press shearing to an average molecular mass of 420,000 daltons.
Characterized base composition, purity, and melting profiles using high-pressure liquid chromatography and spectrophotometry.
Measured single-stranded DNA reassociation rates spectrophotometrically at A275 in 6 X SSC with 30% dimethyl sulfoxide to establish Cot1/2 values relative to Escherichia coli DNA.
Purified soil DNA contained ≤2.1% RNA, 2.9% 5-methylcytosine relative to deoxycytidine, a hyperchromicity of 31% to 36%, and a G+C content of 58.3 to 60.8 mol%.
Reassociation kinetics produced a Cot1/2 value of approximately 4,600, corresponding to roughly 4,000 completely different standard bacterial genomes.

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Biochemical analysis demonstrates high genetic complexity in isolated soil bacteria DNA, indicating the presence of thousands of distinct microbial genomes.

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Torsvik et al. (1990) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a0c6febe28175e95a2353f2 https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.56.3.782-787.1990

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Biochemical analysis demonstrates high genetic complexity in isolated soil bacteria DNA, indicating the presence of thousands of distinct microbial genomes.

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