Blanking on blanks: few insect microbiota studies control for contaminants

ABSTRACT Research on insect-microbe relationships is booming, with DNA sequencing being the most commonly used method to describe insect microbiota. However, sequencing is vulnerable to contamination, especially when the sample has low microbial biomass. Such low-biomass samples are common across in...

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Main Authors: Elisabeth M. Williamson, Tobin J. Hammer, Katja Hogendoorn, Raphael Eisenhofer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2025-04-01
Series:mBio
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Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mbio.02658-24
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