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 ### Reference
 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12075
+
+```
+@article{GATT2022e12075,
+title = {The Maleth program: Malta's first space mission discoveries on the microbiome of diabetic foot ulcers},
+journal = {Heliyon},
+volume = {8},
+number = {12},
+pages = {e12075},
+year = {2022},
+issn = {2405-8440},
+doi = {https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e12075},
+url = {https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022033631},
+author = {Christine Gatt and Braden T. Tierney and Pedro Madrigal and Christopher E. Mason and Afshin Beheshti and Anja Telzerow and Vladimir Benes and Graziella Zahra and Jurgen Bonett and Kevin Cassar and Joseph Borg},
+keywords = {Diabetes, Space, International space station, 16S typing, Malta, Microbiome, Bacteria, Microgravity}
+}
+```