Metagenomic analyses of bacteria on human hairs: a qualitative assessment for applications in forensic science

Investigative Genetics

Table 2 Shared taxa from pairwise comparisons of all data located in scalp (Sc) and/or pubic (Pu) hairs

Individual	2 (male)	3 (male)	4 (female)	5 (female)	6 (female)	7 (male)
1 (Female)	Xanthomonadaceae (Sc)	Dialister spp. (Pu)	Lactobacillus iners (Pu)	0	0	0
			Prevotella spp. (Pu)
			Peptinophilus spp. (Sc/Pu)
2 (male)		0	0	*Betaproteobacteria* (Sc/Pu)	Actinomycetales (Pu), Neisseriaceae (Sc)	Dietziac (Sc)
				*Neisseriaceae* (Sc)	Mycoplana spp. (Sc/Pu)	Knoellia subterranea (Sc/Pu)
				*Corynebacteriaceae* (Pu)
				*Lactobacillus* spp. (Pu) X4
3 (male)			Bifidobacterium (Pu/Sc)	0	0	Corynebacteriaceae (Sc)
3 (male)			Anaerococcus (Pu)	0	0	Paracoccus (Sc/Pu)
4 (female)				Lactobacillus spp. X2 (Pu)	Limnohabitans spp. (Sc)	0
4 (female)				Rhodobacteriaceae (Sc)	Limnohabitans spp. (Sc)	0
5 (female)					0	0
6 (female)						Corynebacterium spp. (Sc/Pu)
6 (female)						Aggregibacter segnis (Pu)
7 (male)

The cohabiting couple (bold) share more taxa, including multiple lactobacilli species, than other individuals.

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