Abstract:Objectives: The microbiome of sputum from former and active coal miners diagnosed with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis (CWP) as compared to healthy controls Methods: Next Generation Sequencing of bacterial 16S rRNA genes obtained from the sputum of CWP subjects.Results: Differences were detected between the sputum microbiomes from the healthy and CWP subjects. We noted a significant decrease in Bacteroidetes and an increase in the level of Proteobacteria.Conclusions: The microbiomes found in sputum from CWP subje… Show more
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