The lung tissue microbiota of mild and moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

The lung tissue microbiota of mild and moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Abstract Background Oral taxa are often found in the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) lung microbiota, but it is not clear if this is due to a physiologic process such as aspiration or experimental contamination at the time of specimen collection. Methods Microbiota samples were obtained...

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Main Authors: Alexa A. Pragman, Tianmeng Lyu, Joshua A. Baller, Trevor J. Gould, Rosemary F. Kelly, Cavan S. Reilly, Richard E. Isaacson, Chris H. Wendt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-01-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Emigration and immigration
Lung
Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive
Microbiota
Streptococcus
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-017-0381-4

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