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. 2014 Dec 17;15(12):564.
doi: 10.1186/s13059-014-0564-2.

Tracking down the sources of experimental contamination in microbiome studies

Sophie Weiss, Amnon Amir, Embriette R Hyde, Jessica L Metcalf, Se Jin Song, Rob Knight

Tracking down the sources of experimental contamination in microbiome studies

Sophie Weiss et al. Genome Biol. .

Abstract

A recent report warns that DNA extraction kits and other laboratory reagents are considerable sources of contamination in microbiome experiments. The issue of contamination is particularly problematic for samples of low biomass.

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