Reproducibility, stability, and accuracy of microbial profiles by fecal sample collection method in three distinct populations.

Reproducibility, stability, and accuracy of microbial profiles by fecal sample collection method in three distinct populations.

The gut microbiome likely plays a role in the etiology of multiple health conditions, especially those affecting the gastrointestinal tract. Little consensus exists as to the best, standard methods to collect fecal samples for future microbiome analysis. We evaluated three distinct populations (N =...

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Main Authors: Doratha A Byrd, Jun Chen, Emily Vogtmann, Autumn Hullings, Se Jin Song, Amnon Amir, Muhammad G Kibriya, Habibul Ahsan, Yu Chen, Heidi Nelson, Rob Knight, Jianxin Shi, Nicholas Chia, Rashmi Sinha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0224757

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