Nasopharyngeal microbiome composition associated with Streptococcus pneumoniae colonization suggests a protective role of Corynebacterium in young children

• Lei Xu,

  Roles Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Research Institute, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York, United States of America

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• Joshua Earl,

  Roles Formal analysis

  Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Centers for Genomic Sciences and Advanced Microbial Processing, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Michael E. Pichichero

  Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: michael.pichichero@rochesterregional.org

  Affiliation Center for Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Research Institute, Rochester General Hospital, Rochester, New York, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8276-3938

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