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Meriem Belheouane

Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary BiologyORCID 0000-0002-2939-4862Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Approach:experimental assay· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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MicrobiologyPLoS ONEPeer-reviewedJun 26, 2025

Serratia sp. dominates the lung microbiome of patients with tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacterial lung diseases

Meriem Belheouane, Barbara Kalsdorf, Stefan Niemann…·Matthias Merker

This study identifies Serratia sp. as a dominant genus in the lung microbiome of TB and NTM-LD patients, with specific ASVs associated with disease states.

2 citations

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GeneticsScientific ReportsPeer-reviewedApr 11, 2018

Low-level mitochondrial heteroplasmy modulates DNA replication, glucose metabolism and lifespan in mice

Misa Hirose, Paul Schilf, Yask Gupta…·Saleh Mohamed Ibrahim

This study shows that high mitochondrial heteroplasmy in mice reduces lifespan and impairs glucose metabolism.

33 citations

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