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Stool storage in a domestic frost-free freezer affects the abundance of bacterial taxa.
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posted on 2015-08-07, 04:38 authored by Monika A. Gorzelak, Sandeep K. Gill, Nishat Tasnim, Zahra Ahmadi-Vand, Michael Jay, Deanna L. GibsonA homogenized stool sample was stored in a domestic freezer for 0, 3,7,14, and 30 days, DNA was extracted and used for qPCR to compare bacterial taxa abundance. All bacterial taxa tested showed some change in abundance by day 30. *, p < 0.05.
