Processing human urine and ureteral stents for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing

Summary: Ureteral stents are commonly used medical devices that harbor a unique and patient-specific microbial community. This protocol describes an optimized procedure for high-quality DNA extraction from both urine and ureteral stent samples for the purpose of downstream microbiota characterizatio...

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Main Authors: Kait F. Al, Jeremy P. Burton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2021-06-01
Series:STAR Protocols
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666166721001428