Assessing the impact of biodiversity on ecosystem function in clinically derived bacterial communities

Background: Cystic fibrosis is the most common inheritable genetic disease affecting 1 in 2500 new born Caucasian infants. The primary cause of morbidity and mortality in these individuals is respiratory failure resulting from chronic airway infections. Previous studies have shown that many bacteria...

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Main Author: Rivett, Damian
Published: King's College London (University of London) 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.628249