Rectal swabs as a viable alternative to faecal sampling for the analysis of gut microbiota functionality and composition

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  • who: Shiva T. Radhakrishnan from the DepartmentsUniversity College have published the Article: Rectal swabs as a viable alternative to faecal sampling for the analysis of gut microbiota functionality and composition, in the Journal: Scientific Reports Scientific Reports
  • what: Specifically, the authors evaluated correlation between faecal and swab results for the identified short chain fatty_acids; this analysis showed good correlation for butyrate (r=0.6945, P=0.0258, q=0.105; Fig 3A), but more modest correlation for propionate (r=0.5298, P=0.1152, q=0.3456; Fig 3B). The authors use 1H-NMR (as . . .

     

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