Fecal Microbiome in Epidemiologic Studies—Letter

We congratulate Sinha and colleagues on their recent report ([1][1]) comparing fecal sample collection methods for epidemiologic studies of the gut microbiome. These data contribute to the increasing body of literature describing robust methodologic frameworks for specimen collection and processing

[1]  Jianxin Shi,et al.  Collecting Fecal Samples for Microbiome Analyses in Epidemiology Studies , 2015, Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

[2]  J. Goedert,et al.  Collection media and delayed freezing effects on microbial composition of human stool , 2015, Microbiome.

[3]  C. Huttenhower,et al.  Relating the metatranscriptome and metagenome of the human gut , 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

[4]  Shital Patel,et al.  The Human Microbiome Project strategy for comprehensive sampling of the human microbiome and why it matters , 2013, FASEB journal : official publication of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology.

[5]  J. Goedert,et al.  Assessment of the human faecal microbiota: II. Reproducibility and associations of 16S rRNA pyrosequences , 2012, European journal of clinical investigation.