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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Main Authors: Emily S Charlson, Jun Chen, Rebecca Custers-Allen, Kyle Bittinger, Hongzhe Li, Rohini Sinha, Jennifer Hwang, Frederic D Bushman, Ronald G Collman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3004851?pdf=render