Urban Transit System Microbial Communities Differ by Surface Type and Interaction with Humans and the Environment

Urban Transit System Microbial Communities Differ by Surface Type and Interaction with Humans and the Environment

ABSTRACT Public transit systems are ideal for studying the urban microbiome and interindividual community transfer. In this study, we used 16S amplicon and shotgun metagenomic sequencing to profile microbial communities on multiple transit surfaces across train lines and stations in the Boston metro...

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Main Authors: Tiffany Hsu, Regina Joice, Jose Vallarino, Galeb Abu-Ali, Erica M. Hartmann, Afrah Shafquat, Casey DuLong, Catherine Baranowski, Dirk Gevers, Jessica L. Green, Xochitl C. Morgan, John D. Spengler, Curtis Huttenhower
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2016-06-01
Series:mSystems
Subjects:
built environment
microbiome
subway
transit
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00018-16

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https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00018-16

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