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  1. Interdepartmental Program in Translational Biology and Molecular Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Diane S. Hutchinson

  2. Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA

    Stephen C. Pflugfelder

  3. Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Alkek Center for Metagenomics and Microbiome Research, Houston, TX, USA

    Joseph F. Petrosino

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    Karen E. Nelson

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Hutchinson, D.S., Pflugfelder, S.C., Petrosino, J.F. (2014). Microbiome, Eye. In: Nelson, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Metagenomics. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6418-1_68-2

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