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Metagenomics or Metataxonomics: Best Practice Methods to Uncover the Sinus Microbiome

Burdon I, Bouras G, Fenix K, et al.

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Abstract

<h4>Key points</h4>Long-read-metagenomic sequencing is the best method for analyzing the sinus microbiome. 16s-rRNA-sequencing (both long and short read) results in PCR amplification bias that significantly distorts the sinus microbiome.

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Bacteriology Sinusitis Chronic Rhinosinusitis