title: ETHNIC/RACIAL AND GENETIC INFLUENCE ON CERUMEN ODOR PROFILES
design: A pilot microbiome 16S sequencing project of external auditory canal microbiota with respect to ethnicity and ABC11 genotype
library_construction_protocol: 16S amplicons were generated following procedures outlined by Caporaso et al. (2012). Caporaso JG, et al. 2012. Ultra-high-throughput microbial community analysis on the Illumina HiSeq and MiSeq platforms. ISME J. 6(8): 1621-1624.