关于样本储存对低丰富的眼睛表面微生物群的影响的初步调查

Jérémy Rotzetter1, Livia Spörri2, Elio L Herzog3

  • 1Department of Ophthalmology, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse 15, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland; Interfaculty Bioinformatics Unit and Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, University of Bern, Baltzerstrasse 6, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.

概括

在提取DNA之前结眼睛表面样本可以改变微生物组的结果. 具体来说,它减少了在这种低生物质环境中检测到的格拉姆阴性细菌.

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