The NucleoBond RNA Soil and NucleoBond RNA Soil Mini kits are designed for the purification of RNA from soil and sediment samples. In combination with the DNA Set for NucleoBond RNA Soil (or DNA Set for NucleoBond RNA Soil Mini), RNA and DNA can be isolated from the same soil sample. Purified nucleic acids are suitable for metagenomic studies, for example, when the genome and transcriptome are analyzed from the same sample. NucleoBond RNA Soil Mini is a downscaled version of the NucleoBond RNA Soil kit.