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Open AccessLung function and microbiota diversity in cystic fibrosis
Chronic infection and concomitant airway inflammation is the leading cause of morbidity and mortality for people living with cystic fibrosis (CF). Although chronic infection in CF is undeniably polymicrobial, ...
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Open AccessContributions of Composition and Interactions to Bacterial Respiration Are Reliant on the Phylogenetic Similarity of the Measured Community
Bacterial diversity underpins many ecosystem functions; however, the impact of within-species variation on the relationship between diversity and function remains unclear. Processes involving strain differenti...
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Determining the Effects of a Spatially Heterogeneous Selection Pressure on Bacterial Population Structure at the Sub-millimetre Scale
A key interest of microbial ecology is to understand the role of environmental heterogeneity in sha** bacterial diversity and fitness. However, quantifying relevant selection pressures and their effects is c...