Ancient Microbes from Halite Fluid Inclusions: Optimized Surface Sterilization and DNA Extraction

• Krithivasan Sankaranarayanan ,

  * E-mail: ksankar1@binghamton.edu

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America, Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

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• Michael N. Timofeeff,

  Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

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• Rita Spathis,

  Affiliations Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

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• Tim K. Lowenstein,

  Affiliation Department of Geological Sciences and Environmental Studies, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

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• J. Koji Lum

  Affiliations Department of Biological Sciences, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America, Laboratory of Evolutionary Anthropology and Health, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America, Department of Anthropology, State University of New York at Binghamton, Binghamton, New York, United States of America

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