Combination of 16S rRNA variable regions provides a detailed analysis of bacterial community dynamics in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Chronic bronchopulmonary bacterial infections remain the most common cause of morbidity and mortality among patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Recent community sequencing work has now shown that the bacterial community in the CF lung is polymicrobial. Identifyin...

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Main Authors: Doud Melissa S, Light Michael, Gonzalez Gisela, Narasimhan Giri, Mathee Kalai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:Human Genomics
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Online Access:http://www.humgenomics.com/content/4/2/147