ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Application of culture-based, mass spectrometry and molecular methods to the study of gut microbiota in children

Efimov BA, Chaplin AV, Sokolova SR, Chernaia ZA, Pikina AP, Savilova AM, Kafarskaya LI
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Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Boris A. Efimov
Ostrovityanova St. 1, Moscow, 117997; ur.liam@ab_vomife

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Funding: the study was supported by Russian Science Foundation (research grant № 17-15-01488).

Author contribution: Efimov BA — research planning, literature analysis, screening children, specimen collection, microbiological research, mass spectrometry research, analysis and interpretation of data, preparing a draft manuscript; Chaplin AV — research planning, literature analysis, isolation of bacterial DNA, carrying out PCR, amplicons purification for sequencing, data analysis and interpretation, preparing a draft manuscript; Sokolova SR — research planning, literature analysis, specimen collection, microbiological research, isolation of bacterial DNA, carrying out PCR, amplicons purification for sequencing, data analysis and interpretation preparing a draft manuscript; Chernaia ZA — research planning, literature analysis, microbiological research, mass spectrometry research, data analysis and interpretation, preparing a draft manuscript; Pikina AP — research planning, literature analysis, microbiological research, mass spectrometry research, data analysis and interpretation, preparing a draft manuscript; Savilova AM — literature analysis, microbiological research, preparing a draft manuscript; Kafarskaya LI — research planning, literature analysis, screening children, microbiological research, analysis and interpretation of data, preparing a draft manuscript

Received: 2019-06-27 Accepted: 2019-07-12 Published online: 2019-08-09
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