Microbial Biogeography of Public Restroom Surfaces

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Gilberto E. Flores,

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Scott T. Bates,

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Dan Knights,

Affiliation Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Christian L. Lauber,

Affiliation Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Jesse Stombaugh,

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Rob Knight,

Affiliations Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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Noah Fierer

* E-mail: noah.fierer@colorado.edu

Affiliations Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, United States of America
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