Using Surface Washing to Remove the Environmental Component from Flea Microbiome Analysis
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DOI: 10.1645/21-60
Abstract: ABSTRACT Microbial metabarcoding is a common method to study the biology of blood-feeding arthropods and identify patterns of potential pathogen transmission. Before DNA extraction, specimens are often surface washed to remove environmental contaminants. While surface… read more here.
Keywords: microbiome; remove environmental; flea microbiome; surface washing ... See more keywords