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Tracking Down the Sources of Experimental Contamination in Microbiome Studies

Overview
Journal Genome Biol
Specialties Biology
Genetics
Date 2015 Jan 23
PMID 25608874
Citations 90
Authors
Sophie Weiss
Amnon Amir
Embriette R Hyde
Jessica L Metcalf
Se Jin Song
Rob Knight
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Abstract

A recent report warns that DNA extraction kits and other laboratory reagents are considerable sources of contamination in microbiome experiments. The issue of contamination is particularly problematic for samples of low biomass.

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