Discover the World Beneath Your Feet

Soil and Environmental Microbiome Analysis

There is an immense world of bacteria, fungi, and a plethora of other microorganisms beneath your feet right now. All we have to do is look for you. Bio-Mine offers a state of the art microbiome analysis service including soil and environmental samples. By analyzing the microbiome, we can examine the microbial diversity and detect specific microbes including potential plant pathogens within your soil.

Why is the Microbiome Important?

The microbiome of soil, water, and the environment dictates the nutrient and fertilizer mobilization for plants, soil pathogen suppression, and a variety of other processes that impact the local environment. By analyzing the microbiome, we can deduce which organisms are present, the relative abundance of these organisms, and how these populations can change with each growing season.

Who Needs the Microbiome Analysis?

  • Every field has its own microbiome. These changes are based on geographic location, soil type, and many other factors. For crops, the soil microbiome will affect crop health, nutrient uptake, and soil pathogen suppression. All of these affect your yields each season.

    Did you apply a biologic fertilizer this past season? Do you want to know if it’s still in your field? Our Microbiome Analysis will help you make more informed decisions with your field applications.

    With Bio-Mine’s Microbiome Analysis, we will give you the insights you need to improve your yields next season. Soil Microbiome metrics are crucial for traditional and organic farms, green houses and plant nurseries, and specialty crop farms.

  • Are you working on reclaimed land, environmental conservation, or perform environmental consulting?

    Reclaimed lands may have altered soil structures and compositions. Microorganisms are the first to grow in any environment. Without knowing the microbiome, you may be missing key indicators of land reclamation progress.

    Environmental Consulting is a broad field with many sectors and applications. Microbiomes can be used as markers for soil health, land reclamation, and environmental monitoring. The microbiology of the environment is the basis for plants and everything up the food chain.

    Would you like to offer environmental microbiome analysis for your clients but don’t know where to start? Let’s expand your environmental analysis to include the microbiome of your next sample.

  • Bio-Mine is happy to collaborate and work with university research labs and non-profits by providing access to our Microbiome Analysis service.

    Do you have a soil or environmental sample and need the microbiome analyzed? Do you lack the facilities to do this rapidly? Bio-Mine offers Microbiome Analysis results based on 16S and ITS regions in 2-4 weeks, allowing you to validate and publish your results faster.

    If you need a customized bioinformatic pipeline and/or BSL-1 species isolation please see our customized Microbial Profile Service.

Do you need a specific workflow, isolate analysis, or customized microbiome project? Check out our Custom Microbial Analysis instead!

How It Works

Bio-Mine combines Zymobiologic DNA extraction kits, with DNA sequencing and bioinformatics to generate a snapshot of the microbial community in your sample.

1) Fill out the order form here and we will send you a shipping label and collection tube. Free Local Pickup within 100 miles of our laboratory (see order form for details).

2) Soil samples are delivered to our laboratory.

3) We will extract the DNA, amplify, sequence, and analyze the results.

4) We will email you the results within 2-4 weeks!

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