An efficient method for high molecular weight bacterial DNA extraction suitable for shotgun metagenomics from skin swabs
Iliana R. Serghiou, Dave Baker, Rhiannon Evans, Matthew J. Dalby, Raymond Kiu, Eleftheria Trampari, Sarah Phillips, Rachel Watt, Thomas Atkinson, Barry Murphy, Lindsay J. Hall, Mark Alexander Webber
The paper describes an optimized DNA extraction method for skin swabs suitable for shotgun metagenomics, validated on adult and baby samples to characterize bacterial microbiota effectively.
Microbial Genomics · Jul 10, 2023Peer-reviewedGenomics