High-Altitude Living Shapes the Skin Microbiome in Humans and Pigs

High-Altitude Living Shapes the Skin Microbiome in Humans and Pigs

While the skin microbiome has been shown to play important roles in health and disease in several species, the effects of altitude on the skin microbiome and how high-altitude skin microbiomes may be associated with health and disease states remains largely unknown. Using 16S rRNA marker gene sequen...

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Main Authors: Bo Zeng, Jiangchao Zhao, Wei Guo, Siyuan Zhang, Yutong Hua, Jingsi Tang, Fanli Kong, Xuewu Yang, Lizhi Fu, Kun Liao, Xianqiong Yu, Guohong Chen, Long Jin, Surong Shuai, Jiandong Yang, Xiaohui Si, Ruihong Ning, Sudhanshu Mishra, Ying Li
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
skin microbiome
high altitude
Tibetans
Tibetan pigs
16S rRNA
Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01929/full

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http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2017.01929/full

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