Relic DNA is abundant in soil and obscures estimates of soil microbial diversity
2017
Viability polymerase chain reaction based on the photoreactive DNA-intercalating dye propidium monoazide revealed that on average 40% of prokaryotic and fungal DNA in soil is extracellular, or from cells no longer intact, confounding estimates of richness and taxon relative abundance.
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