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Effects of sampling strategy and DNA extraction on human skin microbiome investigations
21 Nov 2019
Abstract excerpt
The human skin is colonized by a wide array of microorganisms playing a role in skin disorders. Studying the skin microbiome provides unique obstacles such as low microbial biomass. The objective of this study was to establish methodology for skin microbiome analyses, focusing on sampling technique and DNA extraction. Skin swabs and scrapes were collected from 9 healthy adult subjects, and DNA extracted using 12...
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