Household air pollution and the lung microbiome of healthy adults in Malawi: a cross-sectional study.
Jamie RylanceAnstead KankwatiraDavid E NelsonEvelyn TohRichard B DayHuaiying LinXiang GaoQunfeng DongErica SodergrenGeorge M WeinstockRobert S HeydermanHomer L TwiggStephen B GordonPublished in: BMC microbiology (2016)
Healthy adults in Malawi exposed to higher levels of particulates have higher abundances of potentially pathogenic bacteria (Streptococcus, Neisseria) within their lung microbiome. Domestic biomass fuel use was associated with an uncommon environmental bacterium (Petrobacter) associated with oil-rich niches.