A comparison of methods used to unveil the genetic and metabolic pool in the built environment
Abstract Background A majority of indoor residential microbes originate from humans, pets, and outdoor air and are not adapted to the built environment (BE). Consequently, a large portion of the microbes identified by DNA-based methods are either dead or metabolically inactive. Although many excepti...
Main Authors: | Cinta Gomez-Silvan, Marcus H. Y. Leung, Katherine A. Grue, Randeep Kaur, Xinzhao Tong, Patrick K. H. Lee, Gary L. Andersen |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-04-01
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Series: | Microbiome |
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Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-018-0453-0 |
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