Evaluation of Methods for the Extraction of Microbial DNA From Vaginal Swabs Used for Microbiome Studies

Evaluation of Methods for the Extraction of Microbial DNA From Vaginal Swabs Used for Microbiome Studies

Background: The composition of the microbiome in human body sites plays an important role in health. The vaginal environment is colonized by several species of bacteria that have a major influence on reproductive health. The advancement of sequencing technologies has made the assessment of the compo...

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Main Authors: Valentina Mattei, Selvasankar Murugesan, Muna Al Hashmi, Rebecca Mathew, Nicola James, Parul Singh, Manoj Kumar, Arun Prasath Lakshmanan, Annalisa Terranegra, Souhaila Al Khodor, Sara Tomei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Subjects:
16S sequencing
vaginal swabs
DNA extraction
microbiota
metagenomics
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fcimb.2019.00197/full

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