Method for preparing stool sample, solution for preparing stool sample, and kit for collecting stool

Abstract

Provided in the present invention are a method for preparing a stool sample without any need for complicated operations which is capable of efficiently recovering a nucleic acid or the like originating from mammalian cells, such as the cells exfoliated from the large intestine, in the stool; a solution for preparing a stool sample and a kit for stool collection which are used in the above method; and a method for recovering and analyzing the nucleic acid in stool using the stool sample prepared by the above method. More specifically, provided are a method for preparing a stool sample which is a method for preparing a stool sample in order to efficiently recover a nucleic acid from the stool sample, the method characterized in that the collected stool is mixed with a solution for preparing a stool sample which has a water-soluble organic solvent as an active ingredient; a solution for preparing a stool sample which is used in the method; a kit for collecting stool; a method for recovering a nucleic acid characterized by recovering a nucleic acid originating from indigenous enteric bacterium and a nucleic acid originating from an organism other than indigenous enteric bacterium at the same time from the stool sample prepared by the preparation method; and a method for analyzing a nucleic acid that analyzes the nucleic acid recovered by the method for recovering a nucleic acid.

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