The influence of spaceflight on the astronaut salivary microbiome and the search for a microbiome biomarker for viral reactivation

The influence of spaceflight on the astronaut salivary microbiome and the search for a microbiome biomarker for viral reactivation

Abstract Background Spaceflight impacts astronauts in many ways but little is known on how spaceflight affects the salivary microbiome and the consequences of these changes on astronaut health, such as viral reactivation. In order to understand this, the salivary microbiome was analyzed with 16S rRN...

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Main Authors: Camilla Urbaniak, Hernan Lorenzi, James Thissen, Crystal Jaing, Brian Crucian, Clarence Sams, Duane Pierson, Kasthuri Venkateswaran, Satish Mehta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-04-01
Series:Microbiome
Subjects:
Salivary microbiome
Viral reactivation
Astronaut microbiome
Spaceflight
International space station
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40168-020-00830-z

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