Profiling soil microbial communities with next-generation sequencing: the influence of DNA kit selection and technician technical expertise

Structure and diversity of microbial communities are an important research topic in biology, since microbes play essential roles in the ecology of various environments. Different DNA isolation protocols can lead to data bias and can affect results of next-generation sequencing. To evaluate the impac...

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Main Authors: Taha Soliman, Sung-Yin Yang, Tomoko Yamazaki, Holger Jenke-Kodama
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2017-12-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/4178.pdf