Centrifugation does not remove bacteria from the fat fraction of human milk

Abstract Analysis of the human milk microbiome is complicated by the presence of a variable quantity of fat. The fat fraction of human milk is typically discarded prior to analysis. It is assumed that all cells are pelleted out of human milk by high speed centrifugation; however, studies of bovine m...

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Main Authors: Lisa F. Stinson, Jie Ma, Alethea Rea, Michael Dymock, Donna T. Geddes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-01-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-79793-y