Daily battle against body odor: Towards the activity of the axillary microbiota

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 305-312

  Fredrich, Eugenie ^a   Barzantny, Helena ^a   Brune, Iris ^a   Tauch, Andreas ^a  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Amplicon sequencing; Axillary malodor; Metatranscriptomics; Odor compound; Skin microbiome

Indexed keywords

DEODORANT AGENT; DNA 16S; GLYCEROL; LACTIC ACID; RNA 16S;

AXILLA; AXILLARY FLORA; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BODY ODOR; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CORYNEBACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; FERMENTATION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; METAGENOME; METATRANSCRIPTOMICS; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM; REVIEW; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; TRANSCRIPTOMICS;

AXILLA; CORYNEBACTERIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIOTA; ODORS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTOME;

EID: 84878425617     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.03.002     Document Type: Review

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