Protocols for metagenomic DNA extraction and Illumina amplicon library preparation for faecal and swab samples

Molecular Ecology Resources

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1183-1197

  Vo, A T E ^a   Jedlicka, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cloacal; Faeces feces; Microbial ecology; Oral; Solid phase reversible immobilization beads; Trophic ecology

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLOACA; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOUTH MUCOSA; PROCEDURES; SONGBIRD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANIMALS; CLOACA; DNA; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FECES; GENE LIBRARY; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; METAGENOMICS; MOUTH MUCOSA; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SONGBIRDS;

EID: 84907948695     PISSN: 1755098X     EISSN: 17550998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1755-0998.12269     Document Type: Article

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