Relic DNA is abundant in soil and obscures estimates of soil microbial diversity

Nature Microbiology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Carini, Paul ^a   Marsden, Patrick J ^b   Leff, Jonathan W ^a   Morgan, Emily E ^a   Strickland, Michael S ^c   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b METROPOLITAN STATE UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85006826367     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20585276     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmicrobiol.2016.242     Document Type: Article

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