Characterization of the Fecal Microbiota Using High-Throughput Sequencing Reveals a Stable Microbial Community during Storage

• Ian M. Carroll,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Tamar Ringel-Kulka,

  Affiliation Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Jennica P. Siddle,

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Todd R. Klaenhammer,

  Affiliation Department of Food Science, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America

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• Yehuda Ringel

  * E-mail: ringel@med.unc.edu

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

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