DNA extraction method influences human milk bacterial profiles
Ali S. Cheema, Lisa F. Stinson, Ching Tat Lai, Donna T. Geddes, Matt Payne
Abstract
AIMS: To evaluate four DNA extraction methods to elucidate the most effective method for bacterial DNA recovery from human milk (HM). METHODS AND RESULTS: ). For kits NM and QM, the greatest number of reads were associated with Staphylococcus epidermidis, Streptococcus vestibularis, Propionibacterium acnes, Veillonella dispar and Rothia mucilaginosa. Contamination profiles varied substantially between kits, with one bacterial species detected in negative extraction controls generated with kit QM and six with kit NM. CONCLUSIONS: Kit QM is the most suitable of the kits tested for the extraction of bacterial DNA from human milk. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Choice of extraction method impacts the efficiency of bacterial DNA extraction from human milk and the resultant bacterial community profiles generated from these samples.