Overview
Bacterial and fungal microbiota will be different between individual body sites; however, particular microbiome profiles both whole-body and site-specific will be unique to volunteers with a given parameter such as medical diagnosis, diet, medications taken, geographical area; etc.
Description
Specific aims:
- Identify and characterize whole-body and site-specific microbiome profiles.
- Identify phenotypic microbiome profiles unique to individual parameters such as demographics, medical diagnoses, diet; etc.
- Perform bacterial-bacterial, fungal-fungal and bacterial-fungal correlation analysis to identify potential synergistic and antagonistic species within these unique profiles.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Capable of giving informed consent.
- Able and willing to complete all required specified study procedures
Exclusion Criteria:
- Antibiotic or antifungal use whether topical or systemic in the past 2 or 4 weeks, respectively.
- Unable and/or unwilling to complete all required study procedures.