Exploring bacterial diversity in hospital environments by GS-FLX Titanium pyrosequencing.

Understanding microbial populations in hospital environments is crucial for improving human health. Hospital-acquired infections are an increasing problem in intensive care units (ICU). In this work we present an exploration of bacterial diversity at inanimate surfaces of the ICU wards of the Univer...

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Main Authors: Margarita Poza, Carmen Gayoso, Manuel J Gómez, Soraya Rumbo-Feal, María Tomás, Jesús Aranda, Ana Fernández, Germán Bou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3430676?pdf=render