Looking at earthworm exposed to various pesticides and want to look at their feces to see changes in the microbiome. Is there a company/org in the US who can help on this? This is for students in the 8th grade middle school gifted students program. We are located in Maryland.
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(Note that this is for personal interest, and not related to my employer).
I have used MR DNA labs in Texas which gives results at a reasonable price ( www.mrdnalabs.com ). This would give some good data on microbial diversity of the microbiome. I think the amount of data and interpretation might be overwhelming. I might suggest comparing the feces of of the exposed earthworms to non exposed by using a series of antibiotic containing media plates.where differences in number of resistant forms and some phenotypic variety could be easily seen and understood. Just make sure you have some biosafety steps in place.
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