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A diversity profile of the human skin microbiota.
Genome research - 1 Jul 2008
Grice Elizabeth A, Kong Heidi H, Renaud Gabriel, Young Alice C, Bouffard Gerard G, Blakesley Robert W, Wolfsberg Tyra G, Turner Maria L, Segre Julia A
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The many layers and structures of the skin serve as elaborate hosts to microbes, including a diversity of commensal and pathogenic bacteria that contribute to both human health and disease. To determine the complexity and identity of the microbes inhabiting the skin, we sequenced bacterial 16S small-subunit ribosomal RNA genes isolated from the inner elbow of five healthy human subjects. This analysis revealed...
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