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Standardized Protocols for Environmental Sample Collection: Minimizing Contamination and Preserving Microbial

Bo Li1, Tongyi Zhao2, Jiying Xu2

  • 1Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Ecological Security and Green Development, School of Ecology, Environment and Resources, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China. libo01@gdut.edu.cn.

Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|May 10, 2026
PubMed

Keywords:
Community structureContamination controlEnvironmental samplingMicrobiomeSample preservation

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