Tracking down the sources of experimental contamination in microbiome studies

Genome Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2014, Pages

  Weiss, Sophie ^a   Amir, Amnon ^b   Hyde, Embriette R ^b   Metcalf, Jessica L ^b   Song, Se Jin ^b   Knight, Rob ^b,c  

^a University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; REAGENT; RNA 16S; DYES, REAGENTS, INDICATORS, MARKERS AND BUFFERS;

ARTICLE; DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA SEQUENCE; FECES MICROFLORA; GENE AMPLIFICATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; METAGENOME; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; GENETICS; MICROFLORA; PROCEDURES;

DNA CONTAMINATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; HIGH-THROUGHPUT NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCING; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MICROBIOTA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84924580226     PISSN: 14747596     EISSN: 1474760X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13059-014-0564-2     Document Type: Article

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