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BiologyMetagenomicsMicrobiomePropionibacterium acnesStaphylococcus epidermidisHuman microbiomeHuman skinMicrobiologyShotgun sequencingMicrobial ecologyStaphylococcal Skin InfectionsHuman pathogenStaphylococcus aureusSkin infectionEcologyBacteriaGeneticsDNA sequencingGene

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Year: 2018
Type: review
Volume: 16
Issue: 3
Pages: 143-155
Citations: 2454
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                                    Allyson L. Byrd, 
                                
                                    Yasmine Belkaid, 
                                
                                    Julia A. Segre
                                
                            (2018). 
                            The human skin microbiome. 
                            Nature Reviews Microbiology
                            , 16
                            (3)
                            , 143-155.
                            https://doi.org/10.1038/nrmicro.2017.157

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DOI: 10.1038/nrmicro.2017.157