Greater than pH 8: The pH dependence of EDTA as a preservative of high molecular weight DNA in biological samples

• Mia L. DeSanctis ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mia L. DeSanctis, Rosalia Falco, Hannah J. Appiah-Madson

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Elizabeth A. Soranno,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5773-5778

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• Ella Messner,

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Ziyu Wang,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Elena M. Turner,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

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• Rosalia Falco ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mia L. DeSanctis, Rosalia Falco, Hannah J. Appiah-Madson

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0297-4506

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• Hannah J. Appiah-Madson ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Mia L. DeSanctis, Rosalia Falco, Hannah J. Appiah-Madson

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8408-7729

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• Daniel L. Distel

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: d.distel@northeastern.edu

  Affiliation Ocean Genome Legacy Center, Marine and Environmental Sciences, Northeastern University, Nahant, Massachusetts, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3860-194X

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