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Review
. 2015 Jul 9;11(7):e1004923.
doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004923. eCollection 2015 Jul.

The Lung Microbiome: New Principles for Respiratory Bacteriology in Health and Disease

Robert P Dickson  1 , Gary B Huffnagle  1
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Review

The Lung Microbiome: New Principles for Respiratory Bacteriology in Health and Disease

Robert P Dickson et al. PLoS Pathog. .
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The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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Fig 1
Fig 1. Ecological determinants of the respiratory microbiome.
The constitution of the respiratory microbiome is determined by three factors: microbial immigration, microbial elimination, and the relative reproduction rates of its members. In health, community membership is primarily determined by immigration and elimination; in advanced lung disease, membership is primarily determined by regional growth conditions. Adapted from Dickson 2014 [10].
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