The Effects of Freezing on Faecal Microbiota as Determined Using MiSeq Sequencing and Culture-Based Investigations

• Fiona Fouhy,

  Affiliation Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland

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• Jennifer Deane,

  Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, School of Microbiology, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Mary C. Rea,

  Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

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• Órla O’Sullivan,

  Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

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• R. Paul Ross,

  Affiliation College of Science, Engineering and Food Science (SEFS), University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

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• Grace O’Callaghan,

  Affiliations HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland, Cork Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, University College Cork, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

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• Barry J. Plant,

  Affiliations HRB Clinical Research Facility, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland, Cork Adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre, University College Cork, Cork University Hospital, Wilton, Cork, Ireland

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• Catherine Stanton

  * E-mail: catherine.stanton@teagasc.ie

  Affiliations Teagasc Food Research Centre, Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, Ireland, Alimentary Pharmabiotic Centre, Cork, Ireland

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