The microbiome extends to subepidermal compartments of normal skin

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Nakatsuji, Teruaki ^a,b   Chiang, Hsin I ^c,d   Jiang, Shangi B ^a   Nagarajan, Harish ^c   Zengler, Karsten ^c   Gallo, Richard L ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; RIBOSOME RNA;

BACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; HYBRIDIZATION; IMMUNOASSAY; MEMBRANE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SKIN;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDETES; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERMIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EPIDERMIS; FIRMICUTES; GRAM STAINING; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RNA GENE; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

AGED; BACTERIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; EPIDERMIS; FACE; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; MALE; METAGENOME; MIDDLE AGED; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 84874613039     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2441     Document Type: Article

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