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SUBMITTER: Han M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5828344 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Han Mo M Hao Lilan L Lin Yuxiang Y Li Fang F Wang Jian J Yang Huanming H Xiao Liang L Kristiansen Karsten K Jia Huijue H Li Junhua J
Microbiome 20180227 1
<h4>Background</h4>The number of large-scale studies on the gut microbiota in human cohorts is rapidly increasing. However, the few and expensive options for storage of fecal samples at room temperature have been an obstacle for large-scale metagenomic studies and the development of clinical/commercial personal metagenomic sequencing.<h4>Results</h4>In this study, we systematically tested a novel N-octylpyridinium bromide-based fecal sample preservation method and compared it with other currentl ...[more]