The human gut harbors a vast range of microbes that have significant impact on health and
disease. Therefore, gut microbiome profiling holds promise for use in early diagnosis and …

Our understanding of human gut microbiota in health and disease depends on accurate and
reproducible microbial data acquisition. The critical step in this process is to apply an …

The human gut contains dense and diverse microbial communities which have profound
influences on human health. Gaining meaningful insights into these communities requires …

Microbes are ubiquitously distributed in nature, and recent culture-independent studies have
highlighted the significance of gut microbiota in human health and disease. Fecal DNA is the …

Introduction Determining bacterial community structure in fecal samples through DNA
sequencing is an important facet of intestinal health research. The impact of different …

Differences in the composition of the gut microbiota have been associated with a range of
diseases using culture-independent methods. Reliable extraction of nucleic acid is a key …

Background The effect that traditional and modern DNA extraction methods have on
applications to study the role of gut microbiota in health and disease is a topic of current …

Several different protocols are used for fecal DNA extraction, which is an integral step in all
phylogenetic and metagenomic approaches to characterize the highly diverse intestinal …

Background Shotgun metagenomic sequencing has improved our understanding of the
human gut microbiota. Various DNA extraction methods have been compared to find …

Massive DNA sequencing studies have expanded our insights and understanding of the
ecological and functional characteristics of the gut microbiome. Advanced sequencing …