Impact of environmental microbiota on human microbiota of workers in academic mouse research facilities: An observational study.
Peggy S LaiJoseph G AllenDiane S HutchinsonNadim J AjamiJoseph F PetrosinoThomas WintersChristopher HugGary R WartenbergJose VallarinoDavid C ChristianiPublished in: PloS one (2017)
The microbial environment of academic animal care facilities varies significantly by location rather than facility. Endotoxin is not a proxy for assessment of environmental microbial exposures using 16S qPCR or 16S rDNA sequencing. The work microbiome contributes to the composition of the nasal and skin microbiome of workers; the clinical implications of this observation should be further studied.