Open AccessRelic DNA is abundant in soil and obscures estimates of soil microbial diversity
Author(s) -
Paul Carini,
Patrick J. Marsden,
Jonathan W. Leff,
Emily E. Morgan,
Michael S. Strickland,
Noah Fierer
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nature microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.305
H-Index - 79
ISSN - 2058-5276
DOI - 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.242
Subject(s) - extracellular , biology , species richness , propidium monoazide , dna , soil water , soil microbiology , environmental dna , microbial population biology , relative species abundance , botany , bacteria , ecology , polymerase chain reaction , abundance (ecology) , biodiversity , biochemistry , genetics , gene
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