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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5960
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Elucidating the biogeography of bacterial communities on the human body is critical for establishing healthy baselines from which to detect differences associated with diseases. To obtain an integrated view of the spatial and temporal distribution of the human microbiota, we surveyed bacteria from up to 27 sites in seven to nine healthy adults on four occasions. We found that community composition was determined primarily by body habitat. Within habitats, interpersonal variability was high, whereas individuals exhibited minimal temporal variability. Several skin locations harbored more diverse communities than the gut and mouth, and skin locations differed in their community assembly patterns. These results indicate that our microbiota, although personalized, varies systematically across body habitats and time; such trends may ultimately reveal how microbiome changes cause or prevent disease.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1095-9203
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:day
18
pubmed:volume
326
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1694-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-8-1
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Bacteria, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Biodiversity, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Cluster Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-DNA, Bacterial, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-DNA, Ribosomal, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Ear Canal, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Feces, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Female, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Genes, rRNA, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Hair, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Male, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Metagenome, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Mouth, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Nose, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Phylogeny, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Principal Component Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-RNA, Ribosomal, 16S, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Skin, pubmed-meshheading:19892944-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Bacterial community variation in human body habitats across space and time.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural