Unravelling the importance of the eukaryotic and bacterial communities and their relationship with Legionella spp. ecology in cooling towers: a complex network

Unravelling the importance of the eukaryotic and bacterial communities and their relationship with Legionella spp. ecology in cooling towers: a complex network

Abstract Background Cooling towers are a major source of large community-associated outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease, a severe pneumonia. This disease is contracted when inhaling aerosols that are contaminated with bacteria from the genus Legionella, most importantly Legionella pneumophila. How co...

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Main Authors: Kiran Paranjape, Émilie Bédard, Deeksha Shetty, Mengqi Hu, Fiona Chan Pak Choon, Michèle Prévost, Sébastien P. Faucher
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
18S rRNA gene amplicon sequencing
Eukaryotic community
Legionella pneumophila
Brevundimonas sp.
Dissolved organic carbon
Network analysis
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-020-00926-6

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