Comparative evaluation of a new magnetic bead-based DNA extraction method from fecal samples for downstream next-generation 16S rRNA gene sequencing

• Kara D. McGaughey ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: kara.mcgaughey@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8670-7303

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• Tulay Yilmaz-Swenson,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Nourhan M. Elsayed,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Dianne A. Cruz,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Ramona R. Rodriguez,

  Roles Resources

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Mouse Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Analysis Core Facility, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Michael D. Kritzer,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Angel V. Peterchev,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Neurosurgery, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Megan Gray,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology

  Affiliation Promega Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Samantha R. Lewis,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Promega Corporation, Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

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• Jeffrey Roach,

  Roles Software

  Affiliation Research Computing, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• William C. Wetsel,

  Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Mouse Behavioral and Neuroendocrine Analysis Core Facility, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Douglas E. Williamson

  Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Software, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

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