“…Methods used to digest the cell wall often require to be adapted from other protocols, to suit the algal genus researched on. There are reports of success with using commercial DNA extraction kits 11 , 12 , phenol–chloroform methods 13 , glass bead disruption, Tris–HCl EDTA-NaCl-SDS extraction 14 , hexadecyl-trimethyl-ammonium bromide (CTAB) 15 , 16 , freeze thaw techniques, tissue homogenizing, grinding 17 and boiling 18 . We modified an existing method 14 to facilitate DNA extraction of our algal isolates.…”