- Review
Direct Extraction of DNA from Soils for Studies in Microbial Ecology
- Mark A. Schneegurt,
- Sophia Y. Dore and
- Charles F. Kulpa
Molecular analyses for the study of soil microbial communities often depend on the extraction of DNA directly from soils. These extractions are by no means trivial, being complicated by humic substances that are inhibitory to PCR and restriction en...

