Lung microbiome enriched with anaerobes associated with Th17 immune phenotype
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ABSTRACT: In a prior report, we observed two distinct lung microbiomes in healthy subjects that we termed “pneumotypes”: pneumotypeSPT, characterized by high bacterial load and supraglottic predominant taxa (SPT) such as the anaerobes Prevotella and Veillonella; and pneumotypeBPT, with low bacterial burden and background predominant taxa (BPT) found in the saline lavage and bronchoscope. Here, we determined the prevalence of these two contrasting lung microbiome types, in a multi-center study of healthy subjects. We confirmed that a lower airway microbiome enriched with upper airway microbes (pneumotypeSPT) was present in ~45% of healthy individuals.
ORGANISM(S): human lung metagenome
PROVIDER: GSE74395 | GEO | 2016/03/29
SECONDARY ACCESSION(S): PRJNA300281
REPOSITORIES: GEO
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