Recognizing the reagent microbiome

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Authors
  de Goffau, Marcus
Lager, Susanne
  Salter, Susannah
Wagner, Josef
Kronbichler, Andreas
  Charnock-Jones, Stephen
  Peacock, Sharon
Journal Title
Nature Reviews Microbiology
ISSN
1740-1526
Publisher
Springer Nature
Volume
3
Pages
851-853
Type
Article
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de Goffau, M., Lager, S., Salter, S., Wagner, J., Kronbichler, A., Charnock-Jones, S., Peacock, S., & et al. (2018). Recognizing the reagent microbiome. Nature Reviews Microbiology, 3 851-853. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0202-y
Abstract
A noticeable part of the microbiome literature, especially that working with low-biomass samples, is plagued by reagent contamination. Here we describe visual, statistical, methodical and ecological techniques to facilitate recognition of signals which represent contamination.
Sponsorship
The work was supported by the Medical Research Council (United Kingdom; G1100221) and the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Cambridge Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre (Women’s Health theme).
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MRC (MR/K021133/1)
Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (CUH) (146281)
MRC (G1100221)
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External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0202-y
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/283475

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