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Chapters
- 00:05Title
- 00:57Extraction of Total Nucleic Acid from Cervicovaginal Swabs (Phenol-Chloroform Extraction)
- 05:52PCR Amplification of the 16S rRNA Gene V4 Hypervariable Region
- 09:40Library Pooling and High-Throughput Sequencing
- 10:30Evaluation of Nucleic Acid Extraction and 16S rRNA Gene PCR Amplification
- 11:35Conclusion
We describe an efficient, robust, and cost effective method for extracting nucleic acid from swabs for characterization of bacterial communities using 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing. The method allows for a common processing approach for multiple sample types and accommodates a number of downstream analytic processes.
