Evaluating variation in human gut microbiota profiles due to DNA extraction method and inter-subject differences

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue FEB, 2015, Pages

  Mackenzie, Brett Wagner ^a   Waite, David W ^a   Taylor, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beta diversity; Human gut microbiota; Nucleic acids extraction; PERMANOVA

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

AMPLICON; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDACEAE; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA ISOLATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; LACHNOSPIRACEAE; LIBRARY SCIENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PREVOTELLACEAE; RUMINOCOCCACEAE;

ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84927516569     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00130     Document Type: Article

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