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Molecular analysis of the prevalent microbiota of human male and female forehead skin compared to forearm skin and the influence of make-up
1 Mar 2011
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AIMS: To compare the bacterial diversity of two different ecological regions including human forehead, human forearm and to estimate the influence of make-up. METHODS AND RESULTS: Twenty-two swab-scraped skin samples were analysed by profiling bacterial 16S rRNA genes using PCR-based sequencing of randomly selected clones. Of the 1056 clones analysed, 67 genera and 133 species-level operational taxonomic units...
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