Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals

No studies have examined the relationships between bacterial communities along sites of the upper aerodigestive tract of an individual subject. Our objective was to perform an intrasubject and intersite analysis to determine the contributions of two upper mucosal sites (mouth and nose) as source com...

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Published in:	mBio Vol. 6; no. 2; p. e00037
Main Authors:	Bassis, Christine M., Erb-Downward, John R., Dickson, Robert P., Freeman, Christine M., Schmidt, Thomas M., Young, Vincent B., Beck, James M., Curtis, Jeffrey L., Huffnagle, Gary B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States American Society for Microbiology 01.05.2015 American Society of Microbiology
Subjects:	adults bacteria Bacteria - classification Bacteria - genetics bacterial communities Bronchoscopy Bronchus Community composition community structure DNA, Bacterial - chemistry DNA, Bacterial - genetics DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry DNA, Ribosomal - genetics Epiglottis genes Healthy Volunteers Humans Immigration Lavage Lung - microbiology Lungs microbiome Microbiomes Microbiota Molecular Sequence Data Mouth Mouth - microbiology nasal cavity Nasal Cavity - microbiology Nose Oral cavity Prevotella quantitative polymerase chain reaction Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction Respiratory tract ribosomal RNA RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics rRNA 16S sequence analysis Sequence Analysis, DNA species diversity Species richness Stomach Stomach - microbiology Variance analysis Veganism
ISSN:	2161-2129, 2150-7511, 2150-7511
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