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Disordered Microbial Communities in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Cigarette Smokers

Cigarette smokers have an increased risk of infectious diseases involving the respiratory tract. Some effects of smoking on specific respiratory tract bacteria have been described, but the consequences for global airway microbial community composition have not been determined. Here, we used culture-...

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Autores principales: Charlson, Emily S., Chen, Jun, Custers-Allen, Rebecca, Bittinger, Kyle, Li, Hongzhe, Sinha, Rohini, Hwang, Jennifer, Bushman, Frederic D., Collman, Ronald G.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3004851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21188149
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0015216