Defining the resilience of the human salivary microbiota by a 520-day longitudinal study in a confined environment: the Mars500 mission

Abstract Background The human microbiota plays several roles in health and disease but is often difficult to determine which part is in intimate relationships with the host vs. the occasional presence. During the Mars500 mission, six crewmembers lived completely isolated from the outer world for 520...

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Main Authors: Giovanni Bacci, Alessio Mengoni, Giovanni Emiliani, Carolina Chiellini, Edoardo Giovanni Cipriani, Giovanna Bianconi, Francesco Canganella, Renato Fani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-06-01
Series:Microbiome
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s40168-021-01070-5