Background High-throughput sequencing has led to increased insights into the human skin
microbiome. Currently, the majority of skin microbiome investigations are limited to …

The importance of microorganisms to human skin health has led to a growing interest in the
temporal stability of skin microbiota. Here we investigated the dynamics and assembly of …

Skin constantly encounters external elements, including microbes. Culture-based studies
have identified fungi present on human skin and have linked some species with certain skin …

Biogeography (body site) is known to be one of the main factors influencing the composition
of the skin microbial community. However, site-associated microbial variability at a fine-scale …

Many studies have characterized microbiomes of western individuals. However, studies
involving non-westerners are scarce. This study characterizes the skin microbiomes of …

Skin acts as a barrier that promotes the colonization of bacteria, fungi, archaea, and viruses
whose membership and function may differ depending on the various specialized niches or …

Culture-independent studies to characterize skin microbiota are increasingly common, due
in part to affordable and accessible sequencing and analysis platforms. Compared to culture …

Background Skin is our first line of defense against pathogenic microorganisms and the
intimate contact between the epidermis and microbes has been well known. Purposes …

Recent advances in DNA sequencing methodology have facilitated studies of human skin
microbes that circumvent difficulties in isolating and characterizing fastidious microbes …

Human skin functions as a physical barrier to foreign pathogen invasion and houses
numerous commensals. Shifts in the human skin microbiome have been associated with …