Variability and Diversity of Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Children: A Metagenomic Analysis

Debby Bogaert; Bart Keijser; Susan Huse; John Rossen; Reinier Veenhoven; Elske van Gils; Jacob Bruin; Roy Montijn; Marc Bonten; Elisabeth Sanders

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0017035

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Variability and Diversity of Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Children: A Metagenomic Analysis

Debby Bogaert ,

* E-mail: d.bogaert@umcutrecht.nl

Affiliation Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht-Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Bart Keijser,

Affiliation Business Unit Food and Biotechnology Innovations, Microbial Genomics Group, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, The Netherlands
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Susan Huse,

Affiliation Marine Biological Laboratory, Josephine Bay Paul Center for Comparative Molecular Biology and Evolution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
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John Rossen,

Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, St. Elisabeth Hospital, Tilburg, The Netherlands
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Reinier Veenhoven,

Affiliation Linnaeus Institute, Spaarne Hospital, Hoofddorp, The Netherlands
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Elske van Gils,

Affiliation Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht-Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Jacob Bruin,

Affiliation Regional Laboratory of Public Health, Haarlem, The Netherlands
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Roy Montijn,

Affiliation Business Unit Food and Biotechnology Innovations, Microbial Genomics Group, TNO Quality of Life, Zeist, The Netherlands
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Marc Bonten,

Affiliations Department of Medical Microbiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Julius Center of Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Elisabeth Sanders

Affiliation Department of Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht-Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Variability and Diversity of Nasopharyngeal Microbiota in Children: A Metagenomic Analysis

Debby Bogaert,
Bart Keijser,
Susan Huse,
John Rossen,
Reinier Veenhoven,
Elske van Gils,
Jacob Bruin,
Roy Montijn,
Marc Bonten,
Elisabeth Sanders

Published: February 28, 2011
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0017035

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