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

Research on insect microbiota has greatly expanded over the past decade, along with a growing appreciation of the microbial contributions to insect ecology and evolution. Many of these studies use DNA sequencing to characterize the diversity and composition of insect-associated microbial communities...

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Main Authors: Tobin J. Hammer, Jacob C. Dickerson, Noah Fierer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2015-08-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/1190.pdf