Comparative analysis of vaginal microbiota sampling using 16S rRNA gene analysis.

Molecular methods such as next-generation sequencing are actively being employed to characterize the vaginal microbiota in health and disease. Previous studies have focused on characterizing the biological variation in the microbiota, and less is known about how factors related to sampling contribut...

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Main Authors: Seppo Virtanen, Ilkka Kalliala, Pekka Nieminen, Anne Salonen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5517051?pdf=render