Pyrosequencing analysis of the human microbiota of healthy Chinese undergraduates.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Elucidating the biogeography of bacterial communities on the human body is critical for establishing healthy baselines from which to detect differences associated with disease; however, little is known about the baseline bacterial profiles from various human habitats of healthy Chinese undergraduates.

Results

Using parallel barcoded 454 pyrosequencing targeting on the 16S rRNA gene V3 region, the bacterial diversity of the nasopharynx, saliva, dominant hands, and feces were investigated from 10 healthy Chinese junior boarding undergraduates at Zhejiang University. The participants were 21-24 years of age with a body mass index (BMI) < 24 kg/m(2). A total of 156,717 high-quality pyrosequencing reads were obtained for evaluating bacterial diversity, which represente

SUBMITTER: Ling Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3685588 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature