home microbiome study
TRANSCRIPT
DANIEL SMITHARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY
WHEN BIOMES COLLIDE
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FIELD STUDY Monitoring the home and human
microbiota of relocating “citizen scientists”.
SAMPLING Human:
Palm of handHeel of foot Inside of
nose
House:Kitchen countertopKitchen floorKitchen light switchBedroom floorFront door knobBathroom door knob
ANALYSIS
PCR-Amplify 16S rDNA.
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Sequence 150bp x2 (paired end)
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Qiime Phylogenetic Assignment
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Principle Component Analysis
LIVE UPDATES
Facebook.com/HomeMicrobiome Twitter.com/HomeMicrobiome
“We’ll post all data publicly as soon as it’s available. If someone can process and publish it faster, let them.” – Jack Gilbert