Microbes For Four

A Perk for contributing $380 or more
to The Microsetta Initiative
by The Microsetta Initiative (UC San Diego)

Claimed by Laura Lavish Maureen Craig Virginia Rich Patricia Diercks and 506 others.

Discontinued

This item has been discontinued by The Microsetta Initiative (UC San Diego).

Kits currently not being distributed due to American Gut shifting its efforts to COVID-19 research.

DNA extraction and 16S rRNA sequencing of four stool samples if there are four of you in your home (or, two stools and two oral samples, or two stools and one oral and one skin). It’s up to you – mix and match, you get the idea. You'll be able to view, download and print a high-resolution certificate suitable for framing of your results and access to more detailed taxa report of your results - which can be viewed online and downloaded into Excel.

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The Microsetta Initiative
by The Microsetta Initiative (UC San Diego)

$1,964,201 raised
12923 contributors
10 years running

World's largest open-source science project to understand microbial diversity across the globe. Many people don't realize that bacteria play an incredibly important role in our health, and are involved in many essential functions.

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Microbes For Four

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