Strikingly, in some of the samples they found high concentrations of a microbe known as Mycobacterium avium (a relative of the one that causes tuberculosis) which can cause respiratory illnesses.

• 最引人注目的是，在他们调查的一些样本中，一种已知的鸟型分支杆菌（与导致肺结核的病菌是近亲）集中度很高，这很有可能导致呼吸道疾病。