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