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Mag-Bind® Environmental DNA 96 Kit: High Quality Extractions from Inhibitor-rich Samples

Leave a Comment / Agriculture, Environmental, Product Application / By Claire McClain

The characterization of the metagenomics of an ecosystem is an integral part of environmental research and understanding the role microorganisms play within their ecosystem. However, isolating high-quality DNA to allow for this characterization can be a challenge when it is being extracted from samples rich in inhibitors, such as humic and fulvic acid. The Mag-Bind® […]

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Is It Harder to Extract DNA From Plants or Animals?   

Agriculture, Environmental / By omegabiotek

The challenges of plant DNA extraction, why it is important, and how to do it successfully  The concept of extracting DNA from animals is not a foreign one. When it comes to DNA extraction, most people tend to think of blood or tissue samples. Some typical tissue samples from animals and humans include skin, hair,

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High-throughput, 384-well Plate-based Solution for Plant DNA Isolation

Agriculture, Automated Solutions, Environmental, Press Releases / By omegabiotek

Up to 768 fresh, frozen, or dried plant tissue samples can be processed in approximately 1.5 hours. NORCROSS, GA. JANUARY 06, 2022 Omega Bio-tek, a leading nucleic acid purification kit manufacturer, announces its new plant genomic DNA purification kit, the E-Z 384 Plant DNA HT Kit. The new 384-well silica filter plate-based kit is

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