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The Microbial Communities in Male First Catch Urine Are Highly Similar to Those in Paired Urethral Swab Specimens

Description: Article discussing the microbial communities in male first catch urine and how these are highly similar to those paired in urethral swab specimens.
Date: May 13, 2011
Creator: Dong, Qunfeng; Nelson, David E.; Toh, Evelyn; Diao, Lixia; Gao, Xiang; Fortenberry, J. Dennis et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Association of Host and Microbial Species Diversity across Spatial Scales in Desert Rodent Communities

Description: Article describes study in which researchers employed a natural gradient of rodent species richness and quantified bacterial communities in rodent blood at several hierarchical spatial scales to test the hypothesis that associations between host and microbial species diversity will be positive in communities dominated by organisms with broad niches sampled at large scales.
Date: October 24, 2014
Creator: Gavish, Yoni; Kedem, Hadar; Messika, Irit; Cohen, Carmit; Toh, Evelyn; Munro, Daniel et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Interplay between Bladder Microbiota and Urinary Antimicrobial Peptides: Mechanisms for Human Urinary Tract Infection Risk and Symptom Severity

Description: This article explores the interrelationship between the urinary microbiota and host antimicrobial peptides as mechanisms for urinary tract infection risk.
Date: December 8, 2014
Creator: Nienhouse, Vanessa; Gao, Xiang; Dong, Qunfeng; Nelson, David E.; Toh, Evelyn; McKinley, Kathleen et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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