Recognizing the reagent microbiome.
Marcus C de Goffau;
Susanne Lager;
Susannah J Salter;
Josef Wagner;
Andreas Kronbichler;
D Stephen Charnock-Jones;
Sharon J Peacock;
Gordon CS Smith;
Julian Parkhill;
(2018)
Recognizing the reagent microbiome.
Nature microbiology, 3 (8).
pp. 851-853.
ISSN 2058-5276
DOI: 10.1038/s41564-018-0202-y
A noticeable part of the microbiome literature, especially that working with low-biomass samples, is plagued by reagent contamination. Here we describe visual, statistical, methodical and ecological techniques to facilitate recognition of signals that represent contamination.
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