Reagent and laboratory contamination can critically impact sequence-based microbiome analyses

<p style="text-align:justify;"> <b>Background:</b> The study of microbial communities has been revolutionised in recent years by the widespread adoption of culture independent analytical techniques such as 16S rRNA gene sequencing and metagenomics. One potential confound...

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Main Authors: Salter, S, Cox, M, Turek, E, Calus, S, Cookson, W, Moffatt, M, Turner, P, Parkhill, J, Loman, N, Walker, A
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central 2014