The human gut harbors a vast range of microbes that have significant impact on health and
disease. Therefore, gut microbiome profiling holds promise for use in early diagnosis and
precision medicine development. Accurate profiling of the highly complex gut microbiome
requires DNA extraction methods that provide sufficient coverage of the original community
as well as adequate quality and quantity. We tested nine different DNA extraction methods
using three commercial kits (TianLong Stool DNA/RNA Extraction Kit (TS), QIAamp DNA …