• Inter-laboratory testing of the effect of DNA blocking reagent G2 on DNA extraction from low-biomass clay samples 

      Jacobsen, Carsten Suhr; Nielsen, Tue Kjærgaard; Vester, Jan Kjølhede; Stougaard, Peter; Nielsen, Jeppe Lund; Voriskova, Jana; Winding, Anne; Baldrian, Petr; Liu, Binbin; Frostegård, Åsa; Pedersen, Dorthe; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Svenning, Mette Marianne; Tebbe, Christoph C.; Øvreås, Lise; Jakobsen, Pia Bach; Blazewicz, Steven J.; Hubablek, Valerie; Bertilsson, Stefan; Hansen, Lars Hestbjerg; Cary, S. Craig; Holben, William E.; Ekelund, Flemming; Bælum, Jacob (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-04-09)
      Here we show that a commercial blocking reagent (G2) based on modified eukaryotic DNA significantly improved DNA extraction efficiency. We subjected G2 to an inter-laboratory testing, where DNA was extracted from the same ...
    • Response of Methanogens in Arctic Sediments to Temperature and Methanogenic Substrate Availability 

      Blake, Lynsay; Tveit, Alexander Tøsdal; Øvreås, Lise; Head, Ian M.; Gray, Neil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015-06-17)
      Although cold environments are major contributors to global biogeochemical cycles, comparatively little is known about their microbial community function, structure, and limits of activity. In this study a microcosm based ...