Little cigars and cigarillos harbor diverse bacterial communities that differ between the tobacco and the wrapper.

Despite their potential importance with regard to infectious and chronic diseases among tobacco users, microbial constituents of tobacco products lack characterization. Specifically, to our knowledge, there are no data describing the bacterial diversity of little cigars or cigarillos. To address thi...

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Main Authors: Suhana Chattopadhyay, Eoghan M Smyth, Prachi Kulkarni, Kelsey R Babik, Molly Reid, Lauren E Hittle, Pamela I Clark, Emmanuel F Mongodin, Amy R Sapkota
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0211705