Determining the functional nature of a microbial community by analysis of bulk DNA samples extracted from environmental samples may be misleading for all of the following reasons except:
A) DNA is of little use in identifying unknown microbes.
B) Some of the DNA recovered may be from non-living organisms.
C) Some of the DNA may be from non-functional entities such as spores.
D) The DNA obtained can depend on the extraction method used.
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