Optimized cryopreservation of mixed microbial communities for conserved functionality and diversity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Kerckhof, Frederiek Maarten ^a   Courtens, Emilie N P ^a   Geirnaert, Annelies ^a   Hoefman, Sven ^b   Ho, Adrian ^a   Vilchez Vargas, Ramiro ^a   Pieper, Dietmar H ^c   Jauregui, Ruy ^c   Vlaeminck, Siegfried E ^a   Van De Wiele, Tom ^a   Vandamme, Peter ^b   Heylen, Kim ^b   Boon, Nico ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENT; DIMETHYL SULFOXIDE; PROBIOTIC AGENT; RNA 16S; TREHALOSE;

ARTICLE; AUTOTROPHY; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COCULTURE; COMMUNITY STRUCTURE; CONSERVATION GENETICS; CRYOPRESERVATION; DENITRIFICATION; GENE SEQUENCE; METHANOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; NITRIFICATION; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; BIOFILM; EURYARCHAEOTA; FECES; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PHYLOGENY;

AUTOTROPHIC PROCESSES; BIOFILMS; CRYOPRESERVATION; CRYOPROTECTIVE AGENTS; EURYARCHAEOTA; FECES; HUMANS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOTA; PHYLOGENY; PROBIOTICS;

EID: 84903281208     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0099517     Document Type: Article

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