Non-Commercial Research
Broaden Your Research With Our Diverse Collection of Stool Samples and Bacterial Isolates
Microbiome research has transformed our understanding of human health and opened new avenues for preventing and treating illnesses. OpenBiome ensures that scientists at non-commercial institutions have the tools they need to make the next breakthrough by offering two categories of research materials.
Bacterial Isolates: The Global Microbiome Conservancy Program at OpenBiome has prepared Starter Kits designed to enable a more comprehensive exploration of the human microbiome. Kits contain bacterial isolates derived from stool samples donated by diverse, highly underrepresented communities around the world and reflect both rural and urban lifestyles and diets.
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GMbC Starter Kit | GMbC Starter kits are prepared by the Global Microbiome Conservancy (GMbC) program at OpenBiome as part of our nonprofit mission to advance understanding of the human microbiome and promote inclusive science. Each kit contains 48 anaerobic bacterial seeds stocks derived from stool samples donated by diverse, highly underrepresented communities around the world that reflect both rural and urban lifestyles and diets. |
Stool Samples (FMP-BIO): Fecal microbiota preparation biospecimens (FMP-BIO) are small-format samples of stool derived from rigorously-screened, Boston-based stool donors. Donors have provided stool used to manufacture FMT preparations for the treatment of recurrent C. difficile infections. FMP-BIO are ideal for use in humanized animal models and development of biomarker screening methods.
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FMP-BIO: Glycerol Buffer Formulation (0.7 grams) | Stool samples comprising 0.7 grams of donor stool suspended in 1.5 milliliters of glycerol/saline buffer via the same process used to create investigational OpenBiome FMT treatments for C. difficile. Aliquots may be used in in vitro assays and in vivo applications (i.e. humanization, colonization, and competition experiments) with pre-clinical animal models. |
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FMP-BIO: Glycerol Buffer Formulation (0.4 grams) | Stool samples comprising 0.4 grams of donor stool suspended in 1.5 milliliters of glycerol/saline buffer via the same process used to create investigational OpenBiome FMT treatments for C. difficile. Aliquots may be used in in vitro assays and in vivo applications (i.e. humanization, colonization, and competition experiments) with pre-clinical animal models. |
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FMP-BIO: Glycerol Buffer Formulation (0.1 grams) | Stool samples comprising 0.1 grams of donor stool suspended in 1.5 milliliters of glycerol/saline buffer via the same process used to create OpenBiome investigational FMT treatments for C. difficile. Aliquots may be used in in vitro assays and in vivo applications (i.e. humanization, colonization, and competition experiments) with pre-clinical animal models. |
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FMP-BIO: Raw, flash-frozen formulation | Stool samples comprising approximately 0.7 grams of raw, flash-frozen donor stool. Aliquots may be used in in vitro assays and in vivo applications (i.e. humanization, colonization, and competition experiments) with pre-clinical animal models.
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