rRNA-based profiling of bacteria in the axilla of healthymales suggests right-left asymmetry in bacterial activity

FEMS Microbiology Ecology

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-153

  Egert, Markus ^a   Schmidt, Inke ^a,b   Höhne, Heide Marie ^a   Lachnit, Tim ^c   Schmitz, Ruth Anne ^b   Breves, Roland ^a  

^a HENKEL KGAA   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c GEOMAR HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

16S rRNA; Bacteria; Diversity; Human axilla; T RFLP

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RNA 16S;

BACTERIUM; CLONE; POLYMORPHISM; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SAMPLING; SKIN; SPECIES DIVERSITY;

ARTICLE; AXILLA; BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; METAGENOME; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; SKIN;

AXILLA; BACTERIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALE; METAGENOME; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SKIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PEPTONIPHILUS;

EID: 79960812036     PISSN: 01686496     EISSN: 15746941     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2011.01097.x     Document Type: Article

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