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. 2020 Sep;81(3):e64-e67.
doi: 10.1016/j.jinf.2020.06.047. Epub 2020 Jun 21.

The lung tissue microbiota features of 20 deceased patients with COVID-19

Jun Fan  1 , Xiang Li  1 , Yong Gao  2 , Junjie Zhou  1 , Sihua Wang  3 , Bo Huang  1 , Junhua Wu  1 , Qin Cao  1 , Yajun Chen  1 , Zhenkao Wang  1 , Danju Luo  1 , Ting Zhou  4 , Ruiting Li  4 , You Shang  4 , Xiu Nie  5
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The lung tissue microbiota features of 20 deceased patients with COVID-19

Jun Fan et al. J Infect. 2020 Sep.
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Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no competing interests.

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(A) Distribution of bacterial genera (OTUs) found in the lung samples of fatal COVID-19 patients defined by sequencing of the 16S rRNA gene. (B) Distribution of fungal genera (OTUs) found in the lung samples of fatal COVID-19 patients defined by sequencing of the ITS gene. Increasing depth of colour indicates the relative abundance of the OTU in an individual sample.
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