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Functional profiling reveals altered metabolic activity in divers’ oral microbiota during commercial heliox saturation diving

Monnoyer, Roxane; Eftedal, Ingrid; Hjelde, Astrid; Deb, Sanjoy Kumar; Haugum, Kjersti; Lautridou, Jacky (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

Background: The extreme environment in saturation diving affects all life forms, including the bacteria that reside on human skin and mucosa. The oral cavity alone is home to hundreds of different bacteria. In this study, ...
Shifts in the oral microbiota during a four-week commercial saturation dive to 200 meters

Monnoyer, Roxane; Haugum, Kjersti; Lautridou, Jacky; Flatberg, Arnar; Hjelde, Astrid; Eftedal, Ingrid (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)

During commercial saturation diving, divers live and work under hyperbaric and hyperoxic conditions. The myriads of bacteria that live in and on the human body must adjust to the resultant hyperbaric stress. In this study, ...