Insights into the pan-microbiome: skin microbial communities of Chinese individuals differ from other racial groups.

ABSTRACT: Many studies have characterized microbiomes of western individuals. However, studies involving non-westerners are scarce. This study characterizes the skin microbiomes of Chinese individuals. Skin-associated genera, including Propionibacterium, Corynebacterium, Staphylococcus, and Enhydrobacter were prevalent. Extensive inter-individual microbiome variations were detected, with core genera present in all individuals constituting a minority of genera detected. Species-level analyses presented dominance of potential opportunistic pathogens in respective genera. Host properties including age, gender, and household were associated with variations in community structure. For all sampled sites, skin microbiomes within an individual is more similar than that of different co-habiting individuals,

SUBMITTER: Leung MH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4503953 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature