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Microbial ecology and adaptation in cystic fibrosis airways.
Environmental microbiology - 1 Jul 2011
Yang Lei, Jelsbak Lars, Molin Søren
Abstract excerpt
Chronic infections in the respiratory tracts of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are important to investigate, both from medical and from fundamental ecological points of view. Cystic fibrosis respiratory tracts can be described as natural environments harbouring persisting microbial communities with Pseudomonas aeruginosa as a dominant pathogen. Various factors contribute to the complexity of this ecosystem,...
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