Research Article

Snapshot on a Pilot Metagenomic Study for the Appraisal of Gut Microbial Diversity in Mice, Cat, and Man

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Shannon diversity index obtained with the three different protocols of 16S-amplicon library preparation. distinct indexes were used to tag a unique sample (from soil) for each of the three methods of molecular indexing. The Metabiote indexing system reveals an extended diversity reached, , and Mann-Whitney test.