Man's best friend? The effect of pet ownership on house dust microbial communities.
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 20633927.
- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.jaci.2010.05.042 and PMC identifier 2956425.
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Abstract
Pet-ownership, which has been shown to be protective against allergic disease development, is associated with increased house dust bacterial diversity and fewer fungal species, suggesting a potentially microbial-based mechanism for this protective effect.
Medical subject headings
- Bacteria
- Cats
- Dogs
- Dust
- Fungi
- RNA, Bacterial
- RNA, Fungal
- RNA, Ribosomal, 16S