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Bio‐banking gut microbiome samples
Author(s) -
Bolan Shankar,
Seshadri Balaji,
Talley Nicholas J,
Naidu Ravi
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
embo reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.584
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1469-3178
pISSN - 1469-221X
DOI - 10.15252/embr.201642572
Subject(s) - environmental remediation , research centre , newcastle upon tyne , newcastle disease , political science , library science , contamination , biology , art , ecology , art history , virology , virus , computer science
An increasing number of academic and private biobanks store faecal samples for research and stool transplantation purposes. As stool samples are unique from other biological tissues and materials, stool biobanks require appropriate regulation and additional research on gut microbiota to ensure safe application in the clinic.