USE OF COMPOSITIONS CONSISTING OF CATIONIC COMPOUNDS AND PROTON DONORS FOR STABILISING AND/OR ISOLATING NUCLEIC ACIDS IN OR FROM MICROORGANISMS SUCH AS PROKARYOTES, FUNGI, PROTOZOA OR ALGAE

摘要

The invention relates to the use of compositions for isolating and/orstabilising nucleicacids in or from micro-organisms such as prokaryotes, fungi, protozoa oralgae. Thecomposition comprises a cationic compound of general formula Y+R1R2R3R4 X' asanessential constituent; wherein Y can represent nitrogen or phosphorus; R1, R2,R3 and R4 canindependently represent an unbranched or branched C1-C20 alkyl radical and/ora C6-C20 arylradical and a C6-C26 aralkyl radical; and X' can represent an anion pertainingto an inorganicor organic, monobasic or polybasic acid.