Fresh Versus Frozen Stool for Fecal Microbiota Transplantation—Assessment by Multimethod Approach Combining Culturing, Flow Cytometry, and Next-Generation Sequencing
The objective of this work was to compare the quality of FMT preparations made from fresh feces with those made from feces frozen at –30°C without any pre-processing or cryopreservation additives. The research hypothesis was that such preservation protocol (frozen whole stool, then thawed and proces...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
2022-07-01
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Series: | Frontiers in Microbiology |
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Online Access: | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2022.872735/full |