Freezing at -80°C distorts the DNA composition of bacterial communities in intestinal samples

Current Issues in Intestinal Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 29-34

  Lars, Mølbak ^a   Sommer, Helle M ^a   Johnsen, Kaare ^a,c   Boye, Mette ^a   Johansen, Markku ^b   Møller, Kristian ^a   Leser, Thomas D ^a,d  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b The National Committee for Pig Production   (Denmark)

^c NOVOZYMES A S   (Denmark)

^d CHR HANSEN A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYOPRESERVATION; DNA DETERMINATION; FECES ANALYSIS; FREEZING; INTESTINE FLORA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SAMPLING; SWINE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FECES; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SUS SCROFA;

ANIMALS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; FECES; FREEZING; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; SPECIMEN HANDLING; SWINE;

EID: 33645116245     PISSN: 1466531X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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