Protocol for DNA extraction from freshwater sediments?

07 July 2019 1 5K Report

We are new to metabarcoding from sediment samples, and so would greatly appreciate suggestions for protocol how to process sediment samples to get DNA. Our samples come from freshwater habitats. Thanks

Moslem Yazdani

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