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Table 1 Mean quantitative trait data for all skin bacteria (>0.001% of reads in at least one sample) and abundant skin bacteria (0.1% of reads in at least one sample)

From: Trait-based analysis of the human skin microbiome

 

mean for all taxa (mean for abundant taxa)

GC content (%)

50.6 (51.7) %

 

minimum

maximum

optimum

range

temperature (°C)

20.3 (18.8)

42.7 (42.3)

35.0 (33.2)

23.5 (25.3)

pH

5.60 (5.72)

8.30 (7.97)

7.04 (7.06)

2.74 (2.41)

NaCl concentration (%)

0.35 (1.09)

1.52 (1.68)

0.89 (1.23)

1.40 (1.14)