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The human skin double-stranded DNA virome: topographical and temporal diversity, genetic enrichment, and dynamic associations with the host microbiome.
mBio - 20 Oct 2015
Hannigan Geoffrey D, Meisel Jacquelyn S, Tyldsley Amanda S, Zheng Qi, Hodkinson Brendan P, SanMiguel Adam J, Minot Samuel, Bushman Frederic D, Grice Elizabeth A
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Viruses make up a major component of the human microbiota but are poorly understood in the skin, our primary barrier to the external environment. Viral communities have the potential to modulate states of cutaneous health and disease. Bacteriophages are known to influence the structure and function of microbial communities through predation and genetic exchange. Human viruses are associated with skin...
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