Environmental and agricultural research, Microbiome, Foundation, Sample Technologies
Microbes and microbiome

Environmental and agricultural research

Understanding our world

Our world is full of diverse environments, rich in complexity. And within these niches, microbes are everywhere, in the water, soil, plants and more, forming intricate species relationships and networks. Studying these can be both a stunning and staggering task. This is why we are dedicated to providing the most powerful tools for purifying and analysing challenging environmental and agricultural microbiome samples. Our kits are designed to lyse difficult microbes and eliminate inhibitors, giving you sensitive, unbiased and repeatable results. Our workflows are designed to achieve unbiased and repeatable results by lysing difficult microbes, eliminating inhibitors, exhibiting low GC bias and integrating easy-to-use analysis solutions.

Environmental samples can come from many different sources, each with individual challenges in collection, inhibitor content, standardization and repetition. Below are helpful videos answering questions about soil samples, water sample and automated isolations.
Challenging sample: Soil
Challenging sample: Soil
Learn an easy way to extract DNA from soil samples, from lysis to homogenization to inhibitor removal. The result? Pure DNA.
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Automation: Which instrument fits your lab
Automation: Which instrument fits your lab
Three different instruments are available to automate nucleic acid isolation. All have different strengths, but which one is right for your lab?
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Challenging sample: Water
Challenging sample: Water
Working with water can be tough, due to its low biomass. Filtration is a good way to concentrate the sample. Learn a smooth method for handling filters and lysing samples for nucleic acid isolation in this video.
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Environmental microbial sample preparation kit selection guide selection guide

Looking for the best kit to fit your samples? Whether it be DNA, RNA, soil, water, air, biofilm, plants & seeds or automated extractions, find the perfect kit for your application. Download our environmental microbial sample kit selection guide now.

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Microbiomes and metagenomics

Metagenomic analysis provides a unique portrait of microbial communities in environmental samples. We provide the full spectrum of tools that you need to work with samples, from DNA extraction to library preparation to digital metagenomic analysis. Increase reliability and repeatability by getting everything you need in our new all-in-one Microbiome WGS SeqSets powered by our DNeasy and QIAampkits.

Environmental microbiome interactive booklet

Did you know that we provide kits for sample extraction, instruments for downstream applications and digital tools for analysis? That’s our Sample to Insight dedication. Download our environmental microbiome interactive booklet to see all of the kits, instruments, tools and resources we offer to make improvements in environmental microbial research possible.

Environmental microbiome interactive booklet
RNeasy PowerMax Soil Pro
RNeasy PowerMax Soil Pro
Ideal for RNA isolation of low biomass soil samples. Use up to 15 g of soil per extraction and get pure RNA with second-generation Inhibitor Removal Technology.
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DNeasy PowerMax Soil
DNeasy PowerMax Soil
Isolate DNA from up to 10 g of soil while removing inhibitors of downstream applications such as PCR and NGS in a single kit.
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DNeasy PowerSoilPro WGS SeqSet
DNeasy PowerSoilPro WGS SeqSet
An all-in-one set to maximize the efficiency and reproducibility of sequencing, including everything needed from DNA extraction through comprehensive whole genome metagenomics and analysis.
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QIAseq 16S/ITS Panels
QIAseq 16S/ITS Panels
Sequence 16S rRNA and ITS regions on Illumina platforms and profile bacterial and fungal communities. Phase primers increase read quality and allow the analysis of low biomass samples.
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Let us do the work for you
Let us do the work for you
With 16S/ITS Microbiome Profiling Services, you can move quickly and confidently from challenging samples to insights.
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Request a trial kit quote
Request a trial kit quote
Starting out with QIAGEN has never been easier. If you want to try a kit for the first time, all you have to do is ask.
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Tell us how QIAGEN products can help you tackle the microbiome.
Sample disruption
Sample disruption
Overcome the challenge of difficult to lyse samples. QIAGEN’s sample disruption solutions ensure fast, powerful and efficient homogenization.
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Sample preparation
Sample preparation
Achieve highest sample quality and quantity. QIAGEN‘s microbial nucleic acid isolation kits result in high yields of high-quality, inhibitor-free DNA and RNA.
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NGS library preparation
NGS library preparation
Efficient library preparation for whole genome sequencing and 16S/ITS profiling. Ensure high quality, unbiased results with your NGS workflow.
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Digital insights
Digital insights
Streamline your NGS data for efficient and correct analysis. QIAGEN’s bioinformatics tools for microbiome research provide fully integrated solutions to turn results to insights.
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Looking inside out
Discover the QIAGEN take on human biomedical microbiome research.