Pollen-Associated Microbiome Correlates with Pollution Parameters and the Allergenicity of Pollen.

Pollen allergies have been rapidly increasing over the last decades. Many allergenic proteins and non-allergenic adjuvant compounds of pollen are involved in the plant defense against environmental or microbial stress. The first aim of this study was to analyze and compare the colonizing microbes on...

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Main Authors: Andrea Obersteiner, Stefanie Gilles, Ulrike Frank, Isabelle Beck, Franziska Häring, Dietrich Ernst, Michael Rothballer, Anton Hartmann, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Michael Schmid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4765992?pdf=render