Deciphering the low abundance microbiota of presumed aseptic hip and knee implants

• Charles Carr,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotic Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1877-160X

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• Hannah Wilcox,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotic Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Jeremy P. Burton,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotic Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Sharanya Menon,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotic Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Kait F. Al,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Canadian Centre for Human Microbiome and Probiotic Research, Lawson Health Research Institute, London, Ontario, Canada

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• David O’Gorman,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6195-2644

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• Brent A. Lanting,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Edward M. Vasarhelyi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

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• Michael Neufeld,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Orthopaedics, Adult Hip and Knee Reconstruction Service, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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• Matthew G. Teeter

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: matthew.teeter@lhsc.on.ca

  Affiliations Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medical Biophysics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3911-3171

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