Individual and household attributes influence the dynamics of the personal skin microbiota and its association network

MHY Leung, X Tong, D Wilkins, HHL Cheung, PKH Lee - Microbiome, 2018 - Springer
Background Numerous studies have thus far characterized the temporal dynamics of the
skin microbiota of healthy individuals. However, there is no information regarding the …

Skin microbiota: microbial community structure and its potential association with health and disease

M Rosenthal, D Goldberg, A Aiello, E Larson… - Infection, Genetics and …, 2011 - Elsevier
Skin, the largest human organ, is a complex and dynamic ecosystem inhabited by a
multitude of microorganisms. Host demographics and genetics, human behavior, local and …

New insights into the intrinsic and extrinsic factors that shape the human skin microbiome

PA Dimitriu, B Iker, K Malik, H Leung, WW Mohn… - MBio, 2019 - Am Soc Microbiol
Despite recognition that biogeography and individuality shape the function and composition
of the human skin microbiome, we know little about how extrinsic and intrinsic host factors …

Universal dermal microbiome in human skin

L Bay, CJ Barnes, BG Fritz, J Thorsen, MEM Restrup… - MBio, 2020 - Am Soc Microbiol
Human skin microbiota has been described as a “microbial fingerprint” due to observed
differences between individuals. Current understanding of the cutaneous microbiota is …

The skin microbiome of cohabiting couples

AA Ross, AC Doxey, JD Neufeld - MSystems, 2017 - Am Soc Microbiol
Distinct microbial communities inhabit individuals as part of the human skin microbiome and
are continually shed to the surrounding environment. Microbial communities from 17 skin …

Patterns in the skin microbiota differ in children and teenagers between rural and urban environments

J Lehtimäki, A Karkman, T Laatikainen, L Paalanen… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
The composition of human microbiota is affected by a multitude of factors. Understanding the
dynamics of our microbial communities is important for promoting human health because …

Insights into the pan-microbiome: skin microbial communities of Chinese individuals differ from other racial groups

MHY Leung, D Wilkins, PKH Lee - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Many studies have characterized microbiomes of western individuals. However, studies
involving non-westerners are scarce. This study characterizes the skin microbiomes of …

Moving microbes: the dynamics of transient microbial residence on human skin

R Vandegrift, AK Fahimipour, M Muscarella… - BioRxiv, 2019 - biorxiv.org
The human skin microbiome interacts intimately with human health, yet the drivers of skin
microbiome composition and diversity are not well-understood. The composition of the skin …

The influence of age and gender on skin-associated microbial communities in urban and rural human populations

S Ying, DN Zeng, L Chi, Y Tan, C Galzote, C Cardona… - PloS one, 2015 - journals.plos.org
Differences in the bacterial community structure associated with 7 skin sites in 71 healthy
people over five days showed significant correlations with age, gender, physical skin …

Skin Microbiome and its Interplay with the Environment

C Callewaert, K Ravard Helffer, P Lebaron - American Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Springer
Advances in sequencing, bioinformatics and analytics now allow the structure, function and
interrelations of whole microbial communities to be studied in greater detail. Collaborative …