Microbiome interplay: plants alter microbial abundance and diversity within the built environment

The built indoor microbiome has importance for human health. Residents leave their microbial fingerprint but nothing is known about the transfer from plants. Our hypothesis that indoor plants contribute substantially to the microbial abundance and diversity in the built environment was experimentall...

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Main Authors: Alexander eMahnert, Christine eMoissl-Eichinger, Gabriele eBerg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fmicb.2015.00887/full