Analysis of the Upper Respiratory Tract Microbiotas as the Source of the Lung and Gastric Microbiotas in Healthy Individuals - 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. (mBio, 2015)
Keywords: adults; bacteria; Bacteria - classification; Bacteria - genetics; bacterial communities; bronchoscopy; community structure; DNA, Bacterial - chemistry; DNA, Bacterial - genetics; DNA, Ribosomal - chemistry; DNA, Ribosomal - genetics; genes; Healthy Volunteers; Humans; Lung - microbiology; lungs; microbiome; Microbiota; Molecular Sequence Data; mouth; Mouth - microbiology; nasal cavity; Nasal Cavity - microbiology; Prevotella; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; ribosomal RNA; RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - genetics; sequence analysis; Sequence Analysis, DNA; species diversity; stomach; Stomach - microbiology