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Comparison of and estimated times for four procedures. The left-most column is the CTAB procedure [15], often used by mycobacterial researchers for DNA extraction. The next three columns detail variations of the present protocol. Total time estimates are listed at the bottom of the figure. The first three columns begin at the step of bacterial cell pellets. The last column begins with swabs as described in the text.
