RT Book, Section A1 McGinniss, John E. A1 Diamond, Joshua M. A2 Grippi, Michael A. A2 Antin-Ozerkis, Danielle E. A2 Dela Cruz, Charles S. A2 Kotloff, Robert M. A2 Kotton, Camille Nelson A2 Pack, Allan I. SR Print(0) ID 1195013994 T1 The Lung Microbiome T2 Fishman’s Pulmonary Diseases and Disorders, 6e YR 2023 FD 2023 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9781260473988 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1195013994 RD 2024/04/16 AB The use of novel methods to study the microbiome has revolutionized our understanding of the microbial communities that reside on mucosal surfaces. While culture-based methods and Koch’s postulates produced advances in medicine that moved the field into the modern era through development of antimicrobials and an understanding of microbial pathogenesis, these methods are inherently biased and reductive in scope.