Characterization of the cutaneous mycobiota in healthy and allergic cats using next generation sequencing.

Courtney Meason-SmithAlison DieselAdam P PattersonCaitlin E OlderTimothy J JohnsonJoanne M MansellJan S SuchodolskiAline Rodrigues Hoffmann

Published in: Veterinary dermatology (2016)

The skin of healthy cats appears to have a more diverse fungal microbiota compared to previous studies, and a fungal dysbiosis is noted in the skin of allergic cats. Future studies assessing the temporal stability of the skin microbiota in cats will be useful in determining whether the microbiota sequenced using NGS are colonizers or transient microbes.

Keyphrases

soft tissue
wound healing
case control
allergic rhinitis
gene expression
dna methylation
current status
copy number
subarachnoid hemorrhage
circulating tumor