The human respiratory tract microbial community structures in healthy and cystic fibrosis infants

Abstract The metagenome development of the human respiratory tract was investigated by shotgun metagenome metagenomic sequencing of cough swabs from healthy children and children with cystic fibrosis (CF) between 3 weeks and 6 years of age. A healthy microbial community signature was associated with...

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Main Authors: Marie-Madlen Pust, Lutz Wiehlmann, Colin Davenport, Isa Rudolf, Anna-Maria Dittrich, Burkhard Tümmler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-12-01
Series:npj Biofilms and Microbiomes
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41522-020-00171-7