Impact of environmental microbiota on human microbiota of workers in academic mouse research facilities: An observational study.

<h4>Objectives</h4>To characterize the microbial environment of workers in academic mouse research facilities using endotoxin, 16S qPCR, and 16S amplicon sequencing. To determine whether the work microbiome contributes to the human microbiome of workers.<h4>Methods</h4>We per...

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Main Authors: Peggy S Lai, Joseph G Allen, Diane S Hutchinson, Nadim J Ajami, Joseph F Petrosino, Thomas Winters, Christopher Hug, Gary R Wartenberg, Jose Vallarino, David C Christiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0180969