In vitro alterations of intestinal bacterial microbiota in fecal samples during storage.
In vitro alterations of intestinal bacterial microbiota in fecal samples during storage.
S. Ott,M. Musfeldt,3 Authors,S. Schreiber
2004 · DOI: 10.1016/J.DIAGMICROBIO.2004.08.012
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease · 132 Citations
TLDR
The observed alterations of fecal flora during storage point to the difficulty of the molecular analysis of the bacterial diversity and the enumeration of bacterial cells in fecal samples.