Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2023
Organization: McGill University
Our go-to kit for DNA extraction from feces
Application Area: Extraction of bacterial gDNA from feces
"Easy kit to use and gives good yields of DNA even from small sample input amounts. Bead beating provides efficient lysis of bacteria in feces. Worked beautifully for full-length (V1-V9) 16S sequencing on the Nanopore."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2023
Organization: University of Michigan
Great kit! Great DNA! Great Results!
Application Area:Preparing DNA samples for transfection
"The kit gives high-quality DNA with a high yield. I like that I can elute my DNA in very small volumes of buffer since it allows me to have a high concentration of DNA. Overall, this is a great product."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Kasetsart University
Great result
Application Area:DNA extraction
"I used this product to extract DNA from water and from our plant samples. The quality were good and I had no problem with post processing."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: UNESP
Perfect extraction kit
Application Area:Microbiome studies
"This kit has the most efficient lysis of all species with a very easy protocol. The unbias lysis provides credible data and doesn't risk the most expensive downstream analysis. Also have better price than the competition."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Department of Veterinary Medicine, University of Bari
Need more work, but results are optimal
Application Area:Extract and purify DNA from bird blood
"The kit is very effective in extracting DNA from bird blood. That kind of sample is quite hard to manipulate since only small volume can be processed at once. Instead, the presence of beads facilitates the rupture of cloths or similar aggregate, thus allowing the process of larger volumes. Therefore, the major problem of the kit (the need for long vortexing of sample with beads) becomes an advantage."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: ascend genetics
Great product great price
Application Area:DNA extraction
"Found the product to be high quality and lower cost then other brands"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Northern Illinois University
Nice kits and good value for money
Application Area:Analyze cell genes
"Easy to use kits. The instructions are good to follow."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Aggrego Data
Quick and Easy with little to no inhibitor contamination
Application Area:Compost microbial community analysis (NGS)
"I started using this product to extract DNA from vermicompost (high humic acid) samples. I ran test extractions of 100-300mg (wet) samples using DNA/RNA shield as a lysis reagent. All samples showed great 260/280 (~1.9) ratios and amplified very well. Overall the kit was easier and faster to use than powersoil kits. Zymo representatives have been very responsive and helpful with any questions regarding the kit."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Harvard University
Solved issues with extraction of complex samples
Application Area:DNA purification
"This extraction kit provided an easy solution to my issues extracting DNA from complex samples with PCR inhibitors. The DNA produced is of excellent yield and quality, and I’ve used it with long-read sequencing to completely assemble multiple genomes."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Scripps College
Wonderful product!
Application Area:DNA isolation for bacterial genome sequencing
"Very easy to use. High recovery and good quality DNA."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Florida Atlantic University
Great results, easy to use.
Application Area:Microbiology
"Very effective in studies when extracting dna. Easy to use with clear instructions. "
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile
Great results for a great publication
Application Area:DNA extraction from mouse feces for microbiome analysis
"Extraction is simple and fast, does not require expensive equipment, and is cheaper than other options on the market. Our microbiome analysis was of high quality, which allowed us to publish in Frontiers in Immunology."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Luxia Scientific
Fast and easy to use
Application Area:Metagenomic sequencing of feces
"I use this kit to extract DNA in my metagenomic sequencing projects. In 100% of the cases, I obtain pure DNA from stool samples. Although it's a column extraction, the DNA extracted with this kit is intact (fragment analyser). I especially like that it is ready to use (no need to add solvent to the buffers). Fast and efficient after-sales service."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: University of Delhi South Campus
High reproducibility and short turn around time
Application Area:Study bacterial virulence and antimicrobial resistance
"The kit was highly useful. economical and gave reproducible results"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: TÜBİTAK MAM GMBE
My number 1 nowadays.
Application Area:DNA analysis
"Easy to use and yield is very good for different kind of starting materials."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Asian Federation of Biotechnology (AFOB)
Great results!
Application Area:Plant Molecular Breeding
"I achieved good results by using the ZymoBIOMICS DNA Kit and I was thoroughly helped by it."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Institute of Neurobiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Great yield and quality of extraction
Application Area:Extract DNA from feces
"The obtained yield was very high, and high-quality genomic DNA could also be extracted for 16S Sequencing."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Abdul Wali Khan University Mardan
Excellent results have been found
Application Area:RNA kit for the purpose of extracting RNA
"The kit was easy to use and very effective"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: UACh
Great product! It’s the favorite in our lab.
Application Area:Identification of microorganisms
"It’s the simplest and more user-friendly kit that we have in the lab. Easy to use, and with high quality results; even with difficult samples. The price is great and you don’t need to keep it frozen or in complicated conditions. It reduces the time of work compared with other brands."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Carnegie Mellon University
Very good quality DNA collected from the elution, we only choose Zymo!
Application Area:Extract Plasmid DNA from E coli culture
"We only use Zymo in our lab and this kit is the most effective one! The time of extraction by using this kit is probably 20 minutes and the quality of the DNA is very pure! It's not like the gel purification kit which yields very dirty DNA if you are not careful enough. With this kit, we can trust the DNA quality for cell tranfection."
Status:
Expert ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Amazing quality of the products
Application Area:Amazing Kit provides Quality, and Quantity
"An amazing kit which provides the quality, and quantity both. Very useful for the molecular labs and for the DNA extraction procedures. Very happy to have it and use it for my experiments. I will highly recommend it."
Fabulous kit, easy to use with great results
Application Area:Extract microbial DNA from human stool
"I had excellent repeatability with this kit -testing it on replicates yielded less than 1% difference in any metrics between samples. I was pleased with the ease of incorporating different sample preservatives into the workflow. I'm much happier with this kit than other vendors and won't go back."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Lambung Mangkurat University
Great results for publication.
Application Area:Analyze metagenomic from fecal sample
"Thank you for Zymo Research. I used the ZymoBIOMICS DNA Kits 2 years ago for metagenome analysis from fecal samples. I am delighted because the quality of DNA that I got is pure, with OD between 1.8 to 2.0. Thank you so much Zymo Research."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Aspiring Scholars Directed Research Program
Easy, reproducible, good quality, worth money.
Application Area:DNA assay
"This product gave me good results and was very easy to use as well."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Eastern Michigan University
Excellent product! Good to use in the teaching labs.
Application Area:Microbial DNA isolation for metagenomic sequencing
"This product was very useful for the isolation of quality DNA from a variety of microbes. This one kit seemed to work for everything we were isolating and gave really good, clean DNA for DNA sequencing. This is especially helpful in a teaching situation as one kit seems to do it all! The cost is also very attractive woking off of a limited budget. We also use the microbial DNA standards for our metagenomic DNA sequencing runs. Very easy to use and gives consistent results."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: bribio
Great result with this product
Application Area:DNA extraction
"This product easy to use, amazing yield, perfect A260/A280 A230/260"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2022
Organization: Clemson University
Zymo kits are great and the team is amazing!
Application Area:Gut microbiota evaluation in chickens
"The kit was very easy to use and the quality and yield of DNA was very high. The results were reproducible. The technical team helped with customizing the protocol based on our needs."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Northeastern State University
I would have no clue what product that would provide quality products aside from Zymo
Application Area:Extraction for PCR, and RT PCR
"The DNA miniprep is our go to product for extractions. In fact whenever we perform extractions we use Zymo kits."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Clemson University
Easy to use, would highly recommend
Application Area:DNA Extraction
"This is the first time I have worked with DNA and this kit was very user friendly. Directions were easy to follow and the steps were well written. The service center was incredibly kind, patient, and helpful with my questions and concerns. I would highly recommend this to any new user or university graduate student wanting to learn DNA extraction."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2010
Organization: EEES
The kit provides reproducible results
Application Area:Analyze water and sewage samples
"It provides reproducible results and resulting DNA is clean when starting material is water"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: INMEGEN
Good reliable kit for DNA extraction
Application Area:Analyze microbiome of clinical samples
"Easy to use, reliable and reproducible results."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: California State University, Monterey Bay
Good option; may use more frequently in the future
Application Area:Isolation of DNA from soils
"The straightforward kit that we found to be comparable with other kits we have used for amplified sequencing analysis (e.g. 16s rRNA targets). Results were consistent with other approaches and students seemed able to complete protocol with the same level of ease as others. The price point is a little better than some other options, but not the best. However, reliability seemed good so definitely, a viable option for us to consider in future projects - I'm always hesitant to switch approaches on existing projects."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: AVEM
Great product. Reliable delivery schedule and product performs as advertised!
Application Area:DNA prep/extraction
"Great product, high quality, reproducible results. Stable shelf life. Versatile!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Clemson University
Good product.
Application Area:Extract DNA from compost samples
"The BIOMICS DNA kit is working great for my compost samples. The general procedure works great, and DNA QC is also good and the results are reproducible."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Indiana University
Great kit, would definitely buy again.
Application Area:Beer microbiome analysis
"The kit comes with easy-to-follow directions and yields useful quantities of clean DNA. Across several sample types and processing runs, I didn't notice any difference in effectiveness or efficiency."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Easy to use.
Application Area:DNA isolation from ChIP samples
"Achieved high quality results, easy to use."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: UT Southwestern Medical Center
This extraction kit works great and is very easy to use.
Application Area:Microbiome extraction
"This kit is very easy to use and works great for most microbial samples. We use it mostly for bacterial extraction from stool samples. The gDNA collected afterward is great for 16s sequencing or shotgun metagenomics. This is our go to kit for most samples."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Global WaSH
Fast and reliable results.
Application Area:DNA extraction
"The kit is very easy to use and effective. This is my number 1 kit. Instructions to use are very clear and concise."
Status:
Expert ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: SC Department of Health and Environmental Control
Amazing quality results/kit/chemicals.
Application Area:Extraction kit
"This kit has a great combination of chemicals that can provide good quality and quantity. Easy to use with straightforward protocol to be use. I use it almost everyday and very happy with its performance. Highly recommended."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Precidiag Inc
Easy to handle, good results.
Application Area:Analyzing microbiome DNA
"This DNA/RNA Kit is not very consistent for the faecal microbiome. RNA output is too low to detect. But it is easy to handle. "
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Trinity College of Dublin
Perfect results for non-target complex samples.
Application Area:Microbiome
"Quick and efficient microbial DNA recovery kit from complex samples, even those not designed/tested by Zymo. I use this kit to characterise insect microbiota, instead of sample types described in the protocol. But they work nicely, and cheaper than other brands. "
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Toronto
This is the backbone of my thesis project!
Application Area:Fecal gDNA extraction
"The workflow for the DNA minikit is straightforward and the columns are easy to use. I always get amazing DNA yields and quality from mouse fecal sample extractions for 16s sequencing and metagenomics analyses. As well, Zymo's product support team is amazing! Would highly recommend this kit for anyone doing gut microbiome research!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Aveiro
Excellent and reproducible results. Very reliable.
Application Area:Microbial DNA purification from soil
"This kit is very useful for microbial DNA isolation from soil samples. The end product has very high concentration and purity, consistently, and can be directly used in sequencing, making it an ideal tool to have in environmental microbiology molecular studies. As a kit, it is very straight forward to use (5/5), contact with the company regarding one small question was also very easy (5/5) and its cost is adequate for its consistency and quality (5/5)."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Institute of Neurobiology, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
Best results ever.
Application Area:Microbiota analysis from human fecal samples subjected to in vitro colonic fermentation
"Using the kit was very easy since the DNA extraction is fully optimized. Despite having a low DNA concentration from our samples (as we started from a diluted fecal human sample), we obtained excellent results extracting DNA."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: UNAM, Mexico
Cost effective and reliable DNA purification tool from marine sediments!
Application Area:Marine metagenomics
"The ZymoBIOMICS™ DNA Mini Kit provides a cost-effective and reliable tool to isolate DNA from almost any type of sediment - from clear sand to limes heavily loaded with organic matter. Don't waste time on standardization!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Indiana University
Quality results.
Application Area:Microbial profiling
"We got quality results. The kits are user-friendly. Good customer service!"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan/ Michigan State University, USA
It’s a perfect choice forfungal DNA extraction.
Application Area:DNA of oak wilt fungus, bark and sap beetles
"It works very well for fungal DNA. However, it’s comparatively less effective against insects."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Persephone Biome
Great mini-prep kit.
Application Area:Molecular biology
"Great mini-prep kit. Never had issues with downstream applications using this kit. Preps always came out very clean."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: uc davis
Very great product and easy to manipulate. I like it very much.
Application Area:Plasmid extraction and cell transfection
"The product is really good. Can get high quality and yield is enough for regular transfection."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: University of California at Los Angeles
Great microbial DNA isolation kits for microbiome researchers!
Application Area:Analyze microbiome profile in human and mouse fecal samples
"I have used these kits for my research projects for the last 5 years. They work very well when compared to other microbial DNA kits in the market. The yield and quality of the DNA was enhanced after I started using these kits. The protocol is simple and user friendly. If you have a question, technical customer care is awesome to help. Definitely these kits are value for money and time."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Great results, will recommend.
Application Area:DNA marker analysis
"Great product for extracting DNA from rice leaf tissues."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Montana State University
Great product, easy to use!
Application Area:Soil DNA extraction
"I can count on consistent high yields and quality with this kit."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: Boston Children's Hospital
Great product!
Application Area:DNA extraction
"The extraction kit is robust and easy to use. We used this product and our work has led to a recent publication in Nature (Rao, C., Coyte, K.Z., Bainter, W. et al. Multi-kingdom ecological drivers of microbiota assembly in preterm infants."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: UT Southwestern Medical Center
We love this kit for stool samples or other high microbial load samples.
Application Area:DNA extraction on microbiome samples
"I use this kit for all of my stool extractions and other samples that have a high microbial load. The bead beating is very effective in lysing all of the hard to lyse microbes within or samples. I've found that this kit gives a good representation of the abundance of OTU's within a sample."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Ceva Biomune
Easy to use with pure nucleic acids for ONT sequencing.
Application Area:Microbiome next generation sequencing
"Easy to use, simple instructions to follow for extractions. Quality nucleic acids after extractions that produce great results for Oxford Nanopore next generation sequencing."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Georgia
Time efficient kit!
Application Area:DNA extraction for PCR
"The kit was very easy to follow. I loved the time efficiency of the kit. Other DNA extraction methods take the whole day whereas this is a couple of hours. The DNA worked for what we needed it for. I would purchase again."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2017
Organization: Stockholm University
Good results, but not quite suitable for arthropods.
Application Area:DNA extraction from small samples
"The kit gives DNA of high quality, and the results are reproducible. However, it is sensitive to chitin (for my samples, it is unavoidable), and the yield is twice as low compared to Chelex extraction."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: University of Helsinki
The best microbial DNA extraction kit for low-abundance samples.
Application Area:Microbiota analysis in challenging samples
"We are doing DNA-based microbiota analysis in various animal-origin samples, including very low microbial abundance tissue samples. Based on our careful evaluation, this is the best microbial DNA extraction kit especially for this kind of purposes. We are using this for all our microbial DNA extractions."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2021
Organization: IBS Centre for Climate Physics
Great technical support.
Application Area:DNA extraction
"I have been using this kit (D4300) to try to extract environmental DNA from swabs. Although I am still working through to find the best procedure/modification to reach my desired DNA yield (> 20 ng/ul), I have been able to increase it from <1 ng/ul to 5-9 ng/ul by following the advices of one of your specialist (Dr. Christian Camacho), who has been incredibly supportive and helpful. I have also appreciated that you sent me some samples of your products to test out."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of Colorado Boulder
Great results with this kit.
Application Area:Metagenomics
"It worked great for our metagenomics application."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Great results, and easy to use!
Application Area:Lipid metabolism regulated by microbiota
"Best of all, this kit is very easy to use. I was able to successfully obtain fecal DNA for 16S rRNA sequencing. The quality was very good for sequencing and qPCR. However, since the kit contains many reagents, the lids are numbered by me according to the order of use. This will allow you to isolate fecal DNA faster. I've used Zymo Research's product for a long time and have never been disappointed with using them and I'm always satisfied. That's why I rated the ease of use, aftercare, and value for money all 5 stars."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Texas A&M University
Excellent value compared to products from similar competition.
Application Area:Personal DNA research
"Compared to other products for similar purposes, this DNA kit provides an economic and efficient way of understanding your own genetic biology, all in one easy to use package."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Wayne State University
Awesome results with quick and easy provided protocol. Cost efficient.
Application Area:Water sampling and genomics
"This product is excellent for environmental and gDNA. Zymo makes it a very simple and cost effective product. This product serves as the standard in our laboratory and extracting high quality DNA."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: REVEL PHARMACEUTICALS INC.
Best of the 3 different vendors' kits we tried.
Application Area:Metagenomic enzyme discovery.
"Product worked great compared to other metagenomic DNA prep kits we tried. We got 100 ng/uL yields of DNA and were able to use that DNA directly in subsequent PCR and phi29 reactions for additional amplification. Works great and recommend!"
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Indiana State University
The kit was good, used it to extraxt DNA samples. The array result are satisfactory.
Application Area:Purify DNA from tissue sample
"Steps are easy to follow. Good literature with better sampling method."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: University of North Dakota
Good DNA yield.
Application Area:Microbial DNA extraction from stool
"The prep kit is user friendly and decently quick. It gave us more than enough usable DNA for sequencing and validation. Would overall recommend."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Florida International University
Great results! Would not have been able to further my research without it.
Application Area:Extract DNA from soil samples
"The product was very easy to use and I was able to obtain quality DNA samples from otherwise hard to lyse soil samples."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2020
Organization: Brown University
Worked well for microbiome research.
Application Area:DNA extraction for microbiome assessment
"The product works great, and I love the $5 gift card that comes with the product. If you order enough it's free shipping too."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Klinikum Darmstadt, Molekular Pathologie
Must have in every lab!
Application Area:NGS workflow
"The product is very easy to use and helpful in the NGS workflow."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Plant Science & Landscape Architecture
Great result
Application Area:DNA sequencing
"Zymo DNA extraction kit is pretty good. Therefore, I am planning to buy DNA cleaning and concentration kit for another experiment. Lets see how it goes."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: North Carolina State University
Good results for mtDNA extractions from water filter samples. Good price too.
Application Area:Extraction of water filter samples
"Once I learned to cut the environmental water sample filters two directions after curling up (longways and crossways), I got good extractions of our mtDNA. It is not as complicated to use as one other kit I tried and less expensive than a second other kit I used. I also like the fact that we can use the DNA/RNA shield and not have to freeze/thaw the filter samples."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2006
Organization: University of Nottingham
Quick, clean prep method
Application Area:Extraction of staphylococcal DNA
"Easy to use - good purity and yield obtained by undergraduate students"
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2015
Organization: University of Cincinnati
Excellent kit, would definitely recommend.
Application Area:Microbiome from tissue samples
"Good results, the DNA yield and quality was great!"
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Leibniz Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung
Great output, perfect clean DNA in a good concentration
Application Area:Different tissues from plant, algae or fish
"This DNA mini kit is super fast and easy to handle. The DNA quantities as well as the DNA quality are sufficient for many downstream processes. If you want to extract DNA quickly, the kit is just the thing for you."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University Medical Center Göttingen
Low expenses for high DNA quality and amounts
Application Area:Plasmid isolation for test digest of bacterial clones
"Previously, we used self-made buffers and precipitated the DNA with EtOH, which was the cheapest option, but very time-consuming and additional purification of the DNA was necessary for further applications, such as Sanger sequencing. Although small volumes of bacterial suspensions were used, we achieved high amounts of DNA with high purity. Due to the fast and easy to handle protocol the whole procedure of DNA isolation, digestion, and sequencing can now be accomplished within one day. The kit is comparably cheap in addition to the good performance, so we started to frequently use it for testing of bacterial clones."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Axial Biotherapeutics
Good kit for DNA from stool
Application Area:DNA extraction from stool samples
"The product came with all the applicable columns and reagents needed to complete the process. The price point was good if DNA is the required output - this kit is half the price of the RNA/DNA extraction kit. Clean results run through qPCR without incident."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: The University of Hong Kong
Perfect product to be coupled with samples in Shield solution.
Application Area:DNA extraction
"We used this product to isolate gDNA from samples in Shield solution. ZymoBIOMICS also have micro prep for low biomass. These products (Shield solution and ZymoBIOMICS) saved my samples and project. The experimental parts of the project are finished. 1 paper published. 1 under review. 1 in-preparation. Thank you Zymo."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: UNIV OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES
More purity.
Application Area:Microbiome
"I compared ZymoBIOMICS to QIAGEN and get a better result. My colleague compared 4 kits and found that ZymoBIOMICS kits performed the best."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
We got reliable results and published our data in peer-reviewed journals.
Application Area:Mouse fecal and cecum samples
"The product is widely used by us for the microbiome project. So far this product has not given us any problem. It is easy to use and cost-effective. We got reliable results and published our data in peer-reviewed journals."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Waikato
I found the kit easy to use and effectively purified quality for DNA sequencing.
Application Area:Extract DNA from human stool and oral swab samples
"We obtained high quality DNA free of major PCR inhibition using this kit. I thoroughly recommend the kit to anyone wanting DNA suitable for next-generation sequencing applications."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Federal Institute of Industrial Research, Oshodi, Lagos, Nigeria.
Great results on first trial and consistent results on repeated use.
Application Area:Extraction of total DNA from fresh and degrading paint sample
"We had been searching for a kit to extract total DNA from fresh and degrading paint samples for 16S metagenomics sequencing. Most kits available would work with urine, soil and faeces. I then got to know about the ZymoBIOMICS DNA Kit which had a wide sample type coverage though the kit itself had not been tried or tested with paints. Further interactions with the representative in Nigeria on processing the paint samples prior to extraction provided a possible method of getting DNA out of the paint sample. Further optimization of sample amount, sample processing, reagents in the kit and protocol yield good quality and amount of DNA to our amazement. The extracted DNA was subsequently used for 16S metagenomics sequencing and the findings from our work are already been packaged for publication."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Great product!
Application Area:Analysis of sequencing products for gut microbiome study
"The product is extremely good. The protocol is easy to use and fast. It provides reproducible and high quality DNA applicable for every downstream analysis."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Oakland Technical High School
Great results.
Application Area:DNA extraction from mushrooms, onions and bacteria
"I had several students use the Zymo kit to extract DNA. In all cases, the extractions were effective."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Applied Sciences Bonn-Rhein-Sieg
Good results.
Application Area:Microbiome
"Mini Kit works very well. What would be really cool and make life easier, would be if you would color code the vials as well as the tubes columns. So you start with the red solution you load on the red column ... next green and so on. This would reduce the error rate as well increase the speed you can work. Also, the names of the solutions and vials could be simpler."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Embark Vet
A fantastic product!
Application Area:Efficient genotyping of various biological samples
"As usual, Zymo delivers on an affordable and efficient product that provides a one-step process to extract PCR ready gDNA."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Queensland University of Technology
Highly recommend trying their products.
Application Area:Analyze 16S in rumen fluid from cows with different diets
"The Zymo products are all very easy to use and extremely quick. They are well priced compared to their competitors and I find they have a novel approach to simplifying their products overall. I have been impressed with the results so far and would highly recommend people trying their products."
Status:
Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Waikato
Really good kit, value for money.
Application Area:Extract DNA from stool
"This kits is easy to use and yielded high quality DNA to send off for sequencing. I can throughly recommend this product to anyone."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Victoria
Great results so far!
Application Area:Harvest genomic DNA from yeast
"Over all, very pleased with this kit. Looking to purchase more in the coming months."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: UAB
I would highly recommend this product.
Application Area:Analyze different cells
"The product is easy to use and of good quality. The price is acceptable. Reproducibility is high."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Evolve BioSystems, Inc.
Good kit for DNA extraction across a wide matrix of sample types.
Application Area:PCR, qPCR to quantify species in samples and assess metabolic capabilities of bacterial populations
"This kit will reliably extract decent quality DNA from our samples (feces and supernatant). We study mostly gram positive organisms so we use a reliable homogenizer to crack open the cells and have worked with tech support at Zymo to optimize the protocol to get cleaner, higher yields. If you try the kit and find that you aren’t getting the results that you expect, definitely give tech support a call. They have always been very helpful in providing tips to increase quantity and quality of DNA. We have been using this kit for years and appreciate how Zymo updates it when they develop improvements."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Idbydna
Great product, worth sticking with.
Application Area:Extracting DNA from metagenomic samples
"Gives good results for metagenomic extractions. Bashing beads work great for bacteria. We are looking into a magnetic-bead-based extraction to simplify workflow."
Status:
ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: UCSF
Works great.
Application Area:Extract DNA for metagenomics
"It's an all-inclusive kit for extracting DNA for metagenomics purposes. It works well with the Zymo microbial controls and the hostzero kit. Available in 96 well plates extraction for higher throughput."
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ReviewerMember since: 2006
Organization: University of Nottingham
Great.
Application Area:Isolation of stapylococcus chromosomal dna
"Great, easy and reproducible results from a number of environmental isolates."
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ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Georgia
Easy, fast and reproducible genomic DNA suitable for several downstream applications.
Application Area:Evaluate genomic locus editing
"Very easy to use, fast and reproducible in my genomic DNA preparations. Reasonably high yields with very clean preps at a very competitive cost."
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ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: UW-Madisoon
It is very useful. Never disappointed.
Application Area:Purify tissue samples
"It's easy to use and saves my time. We have used the kit for many years. The price is nice if have a promo code."
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ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Baylor University
A quality product with reasonable price suitable for small-scale projects.
Application Area:Processing sewage water samples for microbiome analysis
"The products were certainly useful, specifically designed for the work we do on a regular bais. They were reasonably priced and easy to use, and most of all produced quality products for our work compatible with previous more expensive products. However, the capacity of it is somewhat inadequate for our daily use but will come back to it on suitable projects."
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ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Portuguese Catholic University
I recommend this product for DNA extraction from soil.
Application Area:Extraction of total DNA from soil samples
"This product was very effective for the extraction of DNA from soil samples with high amounts of contaminants. High yield and high pure DNA."
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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: Childrens hospital of Philadelphia
Great kit!
Application Area:Mouse tail DNA
"High quality and reproducible results in less time."
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ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: AKESOgen
Efficient, fast, and cost effective solution
Application Area:Analyze the microbial content of stool samples
"The ZymoBIOMICS DNA Mini Kit was an efficient, fast, and cost effective solution to extraction of gram positive and gram negative bacteria. The sequencing of taxonomic data look great!"
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ReviewerMember since: 2014
Organization: Indiana University
Great product, would buy it again!
Application Area:Microbiomics
"The kit was super-easy to use, had straightforward directions, and yielded DNA that was perfect for NGS."
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ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: University of Maryland School of Medicine - Institute For Genome Sciences
Great product yielding consistent results.
Application Area:Extract DNA for microbiome studies
"We have been using Zymo products for years, and the quality has always been consistent. Price is very reasonable and in line with the competition, and the yields are consistently similar or better than other manufacturers. What makes the difference, though, is the fact that for most of our downstream applications (microbiome-based strategies, using either 16S rRNA gene PCR and sequencing, or library prep for meta genomic shotgun sequencing), the Zymo kits generally yields lower failure rates across our samples, which can be a huge time saver (less sample troubleshooting)!"
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ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: UKE I.Med. Klinik O58 3.OG R308
Good protocol, works fine but gives a small amount of DNA.
Application Area:Human tissue DNA analysis
"The kit is easy to use, works fine, the DNA quality is very good, but the amount of DNA from the tissue is poor. When you've got small amounts of tissue it's not the best option."
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ReviewerMember since: 2019
Organization: FSU Jena
Must have in the lab.
Application Area:Sequencing and cloning
"I really like all the products from Zymo Research. They come with user friendly instructions. The protocol is well written and usually very time saving and easy to do. The end products we obtain are of good quality and have no contamination."
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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Trinity College of Dublin
A clear, complete and easy solution for microbiomics and metagenomics!
Application Area:Microbiome characterization
"I highly recommend this product if you work with microbes, for characterizing the microbiome of any source! It can be used even in complex sources, ie. whole insects. The added standards helps to determine the bias due to specific extraction protocols from non-standard sources."
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Advanced ReviewerMember since: 2016
Organization: Trinity College of Dublin
It’s fantastic! I hope that all researchers switch to it for microbiome analysis
Application Area:Bacterial DNA extraction from complex tissues
"This is a kit unique in its actual layout, no other supplier has an equivalent format. The success of the kit relies on the bacterial communities control incorporated that allows you to compare your results among different sequencing platforms, or even between your precedent bacterial DNA extraction methods from complex samples to determine the microbiome composition."
The ZymoBIOMICS™ DNA Mini Kit is designed for purifying DNA from a wide array of sample inputs (e.g. feces, soil, water, and biofilms), that is immediately ready for microbiome or metagenome analyses.
The ZymoBIOMICS™ innovative lysis system eliminates bias associated with unequal lysis efficiencies of different organisms (e.g. Gram-negative/positive bacteria, fungus, protozoans, and algae) making it ideal for microbial community profiling. Unbiased mechanical lysis of tough microbes is achieved by bead beating with the innovative ZymoBIOMICS™ ultra-high density BashingBeads™ and validated using the ZymoBIOMICS™ Microbial Community Standard, as shown in Figure 3. In addition, the ZymoBIOMICS™ DNA Mini kit is equipped with Zymo’s Proprietary OneStep™ PCR Inhibitor removal technology enabling PCR from the most PCR prohibitive environmental samples rich in humic and fulvic acids, tannins, melanin, and other polyphenolic compounds.
Coupling state-of-the-art lysis technology with Zymo-Spin™ purification technology results in superior yields of ultra-pure DNA ideal for all downstream applications including PCR, arrays, 16S rRNA gene sequencing, and shotgun sequencing.