Inter-Individual Differences in the Oral Bacteriome Are Greater than Intra-Day Fluctuations in Individuals.

Given the advent of massively parallel DNA sequencing, human microbiome is analyzed comprehensively by metagenomic approaches. However, the inter- and intra-individual variability and stability of the human microbiome remain poorly characterized, particularly at the intra-day level. This issue is of...

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Main Authors: Yukuto Sato, Junya Yamagishi, Riu Yamashita, Natsuko Shinozaki, Bin Ye, Takuji Yamada, Masayuki Yamamoto, Masao Nagasaki, Akito Tsuboi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4487993?pdf=render