Characterization of Bacterial Communities in Selected Smokeless Tobacco Products Using 16S rDNA Analysis

The bacterial communities present in smokeless tobacco (ST) products have not previously reported. In this study, we used Next Generation Sequencing to study the bacteria present in U.S.-made dry snuff, moist snuff and Sudanese toombak. Sample diversity and taxonomic abundances were investigated in...

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Main Authors: Tyx, Robert E., Stanfill, Stephen B., Keong, Lisa M., Rivera, Angel J., Satten, Glen A., Watson, Clifford H.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science 2016
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4718623/