Storage of intestinal bacteria in samples frozen with glycerol

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 180-182

  Guerin Danan C ^a   Andrieux, C ^a   Szylit, O ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Faeces freezing; Intestinal microflora; Storage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES ANALYSIS; FREEZING; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTESTINE FLORA; LACTOBACILLUS; LACTOBACILLUS BIFIDUS; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BIFIDOBACTERIUM BIFIDUM; ENTEROBACTERIA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; LACTOBACILLUS;

EID: 0032738562     PISSN: 0891060X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/089106099435772     Document Type: Article

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