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SUBMITTER: Parajuli A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5690629 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Parajuli Anirudra A Grönroos Mira M Kauppi Sari S Płociniczak Tomasz T Roslund Marja I MI Galitskaya Polina P Laitinen Olli H OH Hyöty Heikki H Jumpponen Ari A Strömmer Rauni R Romantschuk Martin M Hui Nan N Sinkkonen Aki A
PloS one 20171116 11
Long-term exposure to polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) has been connected to chronic human health disorders. It is also well-known that i) PAH contamination alters soil bacterial communities, ii) human microbiome is associated with environmental microbiome, and iii) alteration in the abundance of members in several bacterial phyla is associated with adverse or beneficial human health effects. We hypothesized that soil pollution by PAHs altered soil bacterial communities that had known associatio ...[more]