Response to the commentaries on the paper: Propionibacterium acnes strain populations in the human skin microbiome associated with acne

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2295-2297

  Craft, Noah ^a   Li, Huiying ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA 16S; GENOMIC DNA; RIBOSOME DNA;

ACNE; ACNE VULGARIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPIDERMIS; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LETTER; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIOME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN FLORA; STRATUM CORNEUM;

EID: 84884418704     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2013.275     Document Type: Letter

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