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Nov 15, 2023
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Currently, assembled reference genomes are a representation of adult skin microbiomes. There is a gap in understanding of the skin microbiota from infants. The article here delves deep into characterizing the skin microbiota of infants aged 2-3 months and 12 months. Some of the samples were maternally matched too to compare the microbiota of the infants with the parents. Deep Shotgun meta-sequencing generated a catalog of Early Life Skin Genomes (ELSG) for new and old species of bacterial and fungal genomes. The new information improved the classification by 21% and introduced new previously unknown species. The derived proteins from these genomes gave insights into functional elements. This new understanding may pave the way for further research into infant skin disorders.

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