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Fig. 7 | Microbiome

Fig. 7

From: Latitude in sample handling and storage for infant faecal microbiota studies: the elephant in the room?

Fig. 7

Alpha diversity measures for the room temperature storage experiment. Samples from four premature infants (infants 5–8) and five term infants (infants 9–13) were split into aliquots and stored at room temperature for between 4 h and 2 weeks prior to transfer to −80 °C storage and DNA extraction. Points are coloured by infant. A significant decrease in the Shannon index over time was observed for the premature infant samples

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Microbiome

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