Automated DNA extraction platforms offer solutions to challenges of assessing microbial biofouling in oil production facilities.

ABSTRACT: The analysis of microbial assemblages in industrial, marine, and medical systems can inform decisions regarding quality control or mitigation. Modern molecular approaches to detect, characterize, and quantify microorganisms provide rapid and thorough measures unbiased by the need for cultivation. The requirement of timely extraction of high quality nucleic acids for molecular analysis is faced with specific challenges when used to study the influence of microorganisms on oil production. Production facilities are often ill equipped for nucleic acid extraction techniques, making the preservation and transportation of samples off-site a priority. As a potential solution, the possibility of extracting nucleic acids on-site using automated platforms was tested. The performance of two such platf

SUBMITTER: Oldham AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3539857 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature