Quantitative PCR provides a simple and accessible method for quantitative microbiota profiling.

The use of relative abundance data from next generation sequencing (NGS) can lead to misinterpretations of microbial community structures, as the increase of one taxon leads to the concurrent decrease of the other(s) in compositional data. Although different DNA- and cell-based methods as well as st...

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Main Authors: Ching Jian, Panu Luukkonen, Hannele Yki-Järvinen, Anne Salonen, Katri Korpela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0227285