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An improved extraction protocol for metagenomic DNA from a soil of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest

J. H. Amorim, Macena, T. N. S., Lacerda-Junior, G. V., Rezende, R. P., Dias, J. C. T., Brendel, M., and Cascardo, J. C. M., An improved extraction protocol for metagenomic DNA from a soil of the Brazilian Atlantic Rainforest, vol. 7, pp. 1226-1232, 2008.

The need for the prospecting for and identification of new biomolecules is a reality. Molecular techniques allow access to the metabolic potential of microorganisms via the isolation of DNA from environmental samples, i.e., without the application of microbial culture techniques. With its great biological diversity, the Atlantic Rainforest biome has a soil rich in organic matter, some components of which interfere negatively in the reactions necessary for the exploitation of its biotechnological potential.

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