Evidence-based recommendations on storing and handling specimens for analyses of insect microbiota

PeerJ

Volumn 2015, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Hammer, Tobin J ^a   Dickerson, Jacob C ^a   Fierer, Noah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacterial communities; Bean beetle; Cabbage white butterfly; Grasshopper; Honey bee; Methods; Microbiome; Sequencing; Symbiosis

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACRIDIDAE; ADULT; APIS MELLIFERA; ARTICLE; COCCINELLIDAE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA EXTRACTION; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FREEZING; GENE SEQUENCE; INSECT GENOME; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PIERIS RAPAE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STORAGE; STORAGE TEMPERATURE;

APIS MELLIFERA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); COLEOPTERA; HEXAPODA; PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE;

EID: 84940374269     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1190     Document Type: Article

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