Beneficial effects of plant-associated microbes on indoor microbiomes and human health?

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 5, Issue JAN, 2014, Pages

  Berg, Gabriele ^a   Mahnert, Alexander ^a   Moissl Eichinger, Christine ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF REGENSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; HEALTH; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MICROBIOME; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PATHOGENESIS; PLANT ASSOCIATED MICROBE; PLANT COMMUNITY; RHIZOSPHERE; SICK BUILDING SYNDROME;

EID: 84893696317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00015     Document Type: Article

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