Bacterial community structure and effects of picornavirus infection on the anterior nares microbiome in early childhood

Abstract Background Little is known regarding the nasal microbiome in early childhood and the impact of respiratory infection on the infants’ nasal microbial composition. Here we investigated the temporal dynamics and diversity of the bacterial composition in the anterior nares in children attending...

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Main Authors: Mahrrouz Caputo, Beate Zoch-Lesniak, André Karch, Marius Vital, Frederic Meyer, Frank Klawonn, Armin Baillot, Dietmar H. Pieper, Rafael T. Mikolajczyk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1372-8