Disordered Microbial Communities in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Cigarette Smokers
Disordered Microbial Communities in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Cigarette Smokers
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United States: Public Library of Science
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English
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United States: Public Library of Science
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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-independent high-density sequencing to analyze the...
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Disordered Microbial Communities in the Upper Respiratory Tract of Cigarette Smokers
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TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312181233
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_plos_journals_1312181233
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1932-6203
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1932-6203
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10.1371/journal.pone.0015216
