Skin Tree of Life (IMAGE)

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Skin Tree of Life

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In the image, the diversity of the skin microbial world is displayed on the Tree of Life, highlighting the use of metagenomic sequencing to study the biogeography and stability of the skin microbiome.

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Alan Hoofring, National Institutes of Health

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