Since this can be done by genetically
sequencing fecal samples, the research suggests there is great promise for new diagnostic tools that are, unlike blood draws, non-invasive.
Not exact matches
The researchers
sequenced the genomes of the
sampled bacteria, using computational metagenomic methods to figure out how many and what types of microbes inhabited the
fecal samples.
Young and colleagues used DNA
sequencing to study the composition and structure of
fecal microbiota (bacteria) in stool
samples from 14 patients before and two to four weeks after
fecal transplant.
They genetically
sequenced 175
fecal samples collected from May to September from 2006 - 2011, which results in nearly 5 million individual
sequences that they compared to potential fish from their diet.
By
sequencing all of the bacterial DNA in these
fecal samples, the investigators identified resistance genes to 16 different antibiotics.
We successfully extracted and
sequenced DNA from archaeological
fecal samples in order to assess possible differences in the
fecal communities of individuals from Saladoid and Huecoid indigenous cultures.