2017
DOI: 10.1186/s13007-017-0234-y
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Improved method for genomic DNA extraction for Opuntia Mill. (Cactaceae)

Abstract: BackgroundGenomic DNA extracted from species of Cactaceae is often contaminated with significant amounts of mucilage and pectin. Pectin is one of the main components of cellular walls, whereas mucilage is a complex polysaccharide with a ramified structure. Thus, pectin- and mucilage-free extraction of DNA is a key step for further downstream PCR-based analyses.ResultsWe tested our DNA extraction method on cladode tissue (juvenile, adult, and herbaria exemplars) of 17 species of Opuntia Mill., which are charact… Show more

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“…The use of a guanidine thiocyanate lysis buffer to dissolve mucopolysaccharides was chosen over the use of high salt buffer to preferentially precipitate DNA demonstrated by others (Healey et al 2014) because such differential precipitation is very sensitive and not amenable to processing on a robotic platform. The final step of differentially dissolving the DNA from an undisturbed pellet was taken from method developed for Cactaceae by Martínez-González et al (2017). In most of the samples, traces of co-purified polysaccharides were not visible in the DNA pellet.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The use of a guanidine thiocyanate lysis buffer to dissolve mucopolysaccharides was chosen over the use of high salt buffer to preferentially precipitate DNA demonstrated by others (Healey et al 2014) because such differential precipitation is very sensitive and not amenable to processing on a robotic platform. The final step of differentially dissolving the DNA from an undisturbed pellet was taken from method developed for Cactaceae by Martínez-González et al (2017). In most of the samples, traces of co-purified polysaccharides were not visible in the DNA pellet.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…So far, the CTAB DNA extraction protocol developed by Doyle and Doyle [ 10 ] is one of the most widely used by plant researchers. Several modifications of this protocol have been implemented in order to minimize contamination by other compounds of specific tissues of species [ 7 , 11 , 12 ]. These modifications, apart from being species or tissue-specific and frequently not removing completely interfering compounds, are time-consuming due to many handling steps, and thus are not suitable for high-throughput applications [ 13 , 14 ].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…However, with conventional methods, DNA extraction requires the use of toxic solvents and/or multiple and time-consuming steps to remove cellular interferences, such as polysaccharides, polyphenols, and other secondary metabolites, with the risk that DNA isolation can be the major bottleneck in the bioanalytical workflow. As a consequence, fast and cost-efficient DNA extraction protocols that yield high-quality DNA are highly desired in the study of species’ molecular genetics [68].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%