16S rRNA gene sequencing of rectal swab in patients affected by COVID-19

• Antonio Mazzarelli ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Antonio Mazzarelli, Maria Letizia Giancola

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Maria Letizia Giancola ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Antonio Mazzarelli, Maria Letizia Giancola

  Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Anna Farina,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Luisa Marchioni,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Martina Rueca,

  Roles Methodology

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Cesare Ernesto Maria Gruber,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8831-3380

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• Barbara Bartolini,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Tommaso Ascoli Bartoli,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Gaetano Maffongelli,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Maria Rosaria Capobianchi,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Giuseppe Ippolito,

  Roles Supervision

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Antonino Di Caro ,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: antonino.dicaro@inmi.it

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6027-3009

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• Emanuele Nicastri ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation National Institute for Infectious Diseases, INMI “Lazzaro Spallanzani”, IRCCS, Rome, Italy

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• Valerio Pazienza ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Fondazione-IRCCS “Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza” Hospital, S. Giovanni Rotondo (FG), Italy

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3492-1153

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• INMI COVID-19 study group

  ¶Membership of the Collaborators Members of the National Institute for Infectious Diseases (INMI) COVID-19 study group is provided in the acknowledgments.

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