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SUBMITTER: Ahle CM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7465461 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ahle Charlotte M CM Stødkilde Kristian K Afshar Mastaneh M Poehlein Anja A Ogilvie Lesley A LA Söderquist Bo B Hüpeden Jennifer J Brüggemann Holger H
Microorganisms 20200723 8
Coagulase-negative staphylococcal species constitute an important part of the human skin microbiota. In particular, facultative anaerobic species such as <i>Staphylococcus epidermidis</i> and <i>Staphylococcus capitis</i> can be found on the skin of virtually every human being. Here, we applied a culture-independent amplicon sequencing approach to identify staphylococcal species on the skin of healthy human individuals. While <i>S. epidermidis</i> and <i>S. capitis</i> were found as primary resi ...[more]