A deployable film method to enable replicable sampling of low-abundance environmental microbiomes
Mankiewicz Ledins P, Lin E, Bhattacharya C, Pollitt K, Dyson A, Hénaff E. A deployable film method to enable replicable sampling of low-abundance environmental microbiomes. Scientific Reports 2024, 14: 23857. PMID: 39394219, PMCID: PMC11470061, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-72341-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman healthPotential human health impactsHuman health impactsNegative long-term impactEnvironmental microbiomesTime indoorsEnvironmental nucleic acidsExposure studiesSequencing-based analysisChronic exposureHealth impactsHigher DNA yieldLong-term impactLow abundanceMicrobiome abundanceIndoor microbiome exposureSamplerMicrobiome samplesAbundanceIndoor microbiomeDNA yieldExtraction kitMicrobiomeSampling strategyGlobal population