Metagenome analysis of Sanitary Pads

The aim of the study is to study the diversity of organisms present in different brands of sanitary pads. The study also gives an idea of pathogenicity level of organisms present and the antimicrobial properties of the materials.The sequencing was performed using the Illumina MiSeq sequencer with the 16s metagenomic sequencing approach.Submitted by: Dr Gulab Khedkar, Dr Vidya Niranjan, Dr Bharati prakash, Dr Jyosthna, Chandraprakash khedkar, Suchithra V, Lavanya C, Anita Tiknaik, Rajashree Deolalikar, Amol Kalyankar, Mahesh salunke, Deeplai Sangale