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SUBMITTER: Blekhman R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4985740 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Blekhman Ran R Tang Karen K Archie Elizabeth A EA Barreiro Luis B LB Johnson Zachary P ZP Wilson Mark E ME Kohn Jordan J Yuan Michael L ML Gesquiere Laurence L Grieneisen Laura E LE Tung Jenny J
Scientific reports 20160816
Field studies of wild vertebrates are frequently associated with extensive collections of banked fecal samples-unique resources for understanding ecological, behavioral, and phylogenetic effects on the gut microbiome. However, we do not understand whether sample storage methods confound the ability to investigate interindividual variation in gut microbiome profiles. Here, we extend previous work on storage methods for gut microbiome samples by comparing immediate freezing, the gold standard of p ...[more]