The effect of habitual and experimental antiperspirant and deodorant product use on the armpit microbiome

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Volumn 2016, Issue 2, 2016, Pages

  Urban, Julie ^a   Fergus, Daniel J ^a   Savage, Amy M ^b   Ehlers, Megan ^a,c   Menninger, Holly L ^c   Dunn, Robert R ^c,f   Horvath, Julie E ^a,d,e  

^a NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF NATURAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NORTH CAROLINA CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antiperspirant; Armpit; Axillary region; Deodorant; Microbiology; Skin bacteria; Skin microbiome

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; ANTIPERSPIRANT AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; DEODORANT AGENT; DNA 16S; TALC;

ALICYCLOBACILLUS; ANAEROCOCCUS; ARM; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BATH; CAMPYLOBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORYNEBACTERIUM; FEMALE; FINEGOLDIA; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; PORPHYROMONAS; PYROSEQUENCING; SAMPLING;

EID: 84957601778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21678359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7717/peerj.1605     Document Type: Article

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