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How does water and bacteria affect DNA degradation?

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How does water and bacteria affect DNA degradation?

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Water usually doesn’t contribute too much, but if there are some oxygen radicals in the water, then that could cause some DNA damage. Bacteria can have nucleases that digest the DNA away. With the insertion of EDTA to destroy the DNases, then that wouldn’t be so much of a problem.

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