Bead-beating artefacts in the Bacteroidetes to Firmicutes ratio of the human stool metagenome

Journal of Microbiological Methods

Volumn 129, Issue , 2016, Pages 78-80

  Vebø, Heidi C ^a,c   Karlsson, Magdalena Kauczynska ^a   Avershina, Ekaterina ^b   Finnby, Lene ^a   Rudi, Knut ^b  

^a Genetic Analysis AS   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c Gentian AS   (Norway)

Author keywords

Bead beating; Human; Metagenome

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S; BACTERIAL DNA; MICROSPHERE;

AMPLICON; ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTEROIDETES; BEAD BEATING CELL LYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES ANALYSIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FIRMICUTES; HUMAN; METAGENOME; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA SEQUENCE; SPECIES COMPOSITION; STANDARDIZATION; ARTIFACT; FECES; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

ARTIFACTS; BACTEROIDETES; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FIRMICUTES; HUMANS; METAGENOME; MICROSPHERES; PHYLOGENY; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84982965761     PISSN: 01677012     EISSN: 18728359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2016.08.005     Document Type: Article

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