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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: Trends Mol Med. 2011 Mar 4;17(6):320–328. doi: 10.1016/j.molmed.2011.01.013

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic view of 16S ribosomal RNA gene-based bacterial sequencing workflow. The 16S ribosomal RNA gene is universal among prokaryotes and can be used for phylotyping bacterial sequences. This diagram shows the process from collecting a skin sample to DNA sequencing and analysis used in many skin microbiome studies.