Fingerprinting cities: differentiating subway microbiome functionality

Abstract Background Accumulating evidence suggests that the human microbiome impacts individual and public health. City subway systems are human-dense environments, where passengers often exchange microbes. The MetaSUB project participants collected samples from subway surfaces in different cities a...

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Main Authors: Chengsheng Zhu, Maximilian Miller, Nick Lusskin, Yannick Mahlich, Yanran Wang, Zishuo Zeng, Yana Bromberg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-10-01
Series:Biology Direct
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13062-019-0252-y