Pollen-Associated Microbiome Correlates with Pollution Parameters and the Allergenicity of Pollen

Andrea Obersteiner; Stefanie Gilles; Ulrike Frank; Isabelle Beck; Franziska Häring; Dietrich Ernst; Michael Rothballer; Anton Hartmann; Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann; Michael Schmid

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0149545

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Pollen-Associated Microbiome Correlates with Pollution Parameters and the Allergenicity of Pollen

Andrea Obersteiner,

Affiliation Research Unit Microbe-Plant Interactions, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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Stefanie Gilles,

Affiliations Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technische Universität München, Augsburg, Germany, CK Care, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland
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Ulrike Frank,

Affiliation Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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Isabelle Beck,

Affiliation Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technische Universität München, Augsburg, Germany
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Franziska Häring,

Affiliation Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technische Universität München, Augsburg, Germany
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Dietrich Ernst,

Affiliation Institute of Biochemical Plant Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München–German Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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Michael Rothballer,

Affiliation Research Unit Microbe-Plant Interactions, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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Anton Hartmann,

Affiliation Research Unit Microbe-Plant Interactions, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann,

Affiliations Institute of Environmental Medicine, UNIKA-T, Technische Universität München, Augsburg, Germany, CK Care, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education, Davos, Switzerland
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Michael Schmid

* E-mail: michael.schmid@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliation Research Unit Microbe-Plant Interactions, Helmholtz Zentrum München—German Research Centre for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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Pollen-Associated Microbiome Correlates with Pollution Parameters and the Allergenicity of Pollen

Andrea Obersteiner,
Stefanie Gilles,
Ulrike Frank,
Isabelle Beck,
Franziska Häring,
Dietrich Ernst,
Michael Rothballer,
Anton Hartmann,
Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann,
Michael Schmid

Published: February 24, 2016
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0149545

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