Corrigendum: A Comparison of Techniques for Collecting Skin Microbiome Samples: Swabbing Versus Tape-Stripping

Front Microbiol. 2018 Nov 20:9:2812. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02812. eCollection 2018.

Kazuhiro Ogai¹, Satoshi Nagase², Kanae Mukai³, Terumi Iuchi³, Yumiko Mori², Miki Matsue², Kayo Sugitani², Junko Sugama^{3

4}, Shigefumi Okamoto^{1

2}

¹ Wellness Promotion Science Center, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
² Department of Clinical Laboratory Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
³ Department of Clinical Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.
⁴ Advanced Health Care Science Research Unit, Innovative Integrated Bio-Research Core, Institute for Frontier Science Initiative, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan.

Abstract

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2018.02362.].

Keywords: bacterial culture; next generation sequencing; skin microbiome; swabbing; tape stripping.