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Bacterial communities associated with cell phones and shoes

2019-02-01

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<h4>Background: </h4> Every human being carries with them a collection of microbes, a collection that is likely both unique to that person, but also dynamic as a result of significant flux with the surrounding environment. The interaction of the human microbiome (i.e., the microbes that are found directly in contact with a person in places such as the gut, mouth, and skin) and the microbiome of accessory objects (...

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Literature Corpus work: 02ede8f0-53d2-5550-b88e-52086e6c4b32
DOI: 10.7287/peerj.preprints.27514v1

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