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Introduction to Nucleic Acids in the Environment: Methods and Applications

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Nucleic Acids in the Environment

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Presently and in the future, research in environmental microbiology, microbial ecology, soil science and plant pathology will increasingly involve extraction, purification, amplification, detection and molecular analysis of both deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) and ribonucleic acid (RNA) from microorganisms, plants and environmental samples such as soil, water and sediment. Most of the current research in this field is being conducted by scientists interested in developing and applying rapid, sensitive and reproducible methods to extract and detect specific nucleic acid sequences in complex environmental samples.

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  1. Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph Lab. Microbial Techniques, N1G 2W1, Guelph, Ontario, Canada

    Jack T. Trevors

  2. DLO-Institute for Soil Fertility Research c/o IPO-DLO, Binnenhaven 12, P.O. Box 9060, 6700 GW, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    J. Dick van Elsas

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Trevors, J.T., van Elsas, J.D. (1995). Introduction to Nucleic Acids in the Environment: Methods and Applications. In: Trevors, J.T., van Elsas, J.D. (eds) Nucleic Acids in the Environment. Springer Lab Manuals. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79050-8_1

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