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ArticleCommunications biology2021

Development of a robust protocol for the characterization of the pulmonary microbiota.

Nathan Dumont-Leblond, Marc Veillette, Christine Racine, Philippe Joubert, Caroline Duchaine

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Article in Communications biology, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Nathan Dumont-LeblondCentre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-3647-6716
Marc VeilletteCentre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Christine RacineCentre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Philippe JoubertCentre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada.
Caroline DuchaineCentre de Recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et de Pneumologie de Québec, Quebec City, QC, Canada. Caroline.Duchaine@bcm.ulaval.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-9912-0349

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The lack of methodological standardization diminishes the validity of results obtained and the conclusions drawn when studying the lung microbiota. We report the validation of a complete 16S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing workflow, from patient recruitment to bioinformatics, tailored to the constrains of the pulmonary environment. We minimize the impact of contaminants and establish negative controls to track and account for them at every step. Enzymatic and mechanical homogenization combined to commercially available extraction kits allow for a fast and reliable extraction of bacterial DNA. The DNA extraction kits have a significant impact on the bacterial composition of the controls. The bacterial signatures of extracted cancerous and healthy human tissues from 5 patients are highly distinguishable from methodological controls. Our work expands our understanding of low microbial burdened environments analysis. This article is to be a starting point towards methodological standardization and the implementation of proper sampling procedures in the study of lung microbiota.

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MicrobiotaCase-Control StudiesDNA, BacterialHumansLungLung NeoplasmsMicrobiological TechniquesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SSequence Analysis, DNADNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID33547364
PMCPMC7864980

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