Changes in Cystic Fibrosis Airway Microbial Community Associated with a Severe Decline in Lung Function

• Patrizia Paganin ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patrizia Paganin, Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli

  Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

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• Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patrizia Paganin, Ersilia Vita Fiscarelli

  Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

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• Vanessa Tuccio,

  Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

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• Manuela Chiancianesi,

  Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Giovanni Bacci,

  Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Patrizia Morelli,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

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• Daniela Dolce,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy

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• Claudia Dalmastri,

  Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

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• Alessandra De Alessandri,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, G. Gaslini Institute, Genoa, Italy

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• Vincenzina Lucidi,

  Affiliation Cystic Fibrosis Microbiology and Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Hospital and Research Institute Bambino Gesù, Rome, Italy

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• Giovanni Taccetti,

  Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Cystic Fibrosis Center, Meyer Hospital, Florence, Italy

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• Alessio Mengoni,

  Affiliation Department of Evolutionary Biology, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

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• Annamaria Bevivino

  * E-mail: annamaria.bevivino@enea.it

  Affiliation Technical Unit for Sustainable Development and Innovation of Agro-Industrial System, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development), Casaccia Research Center, Rome, Italy

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