Biogeography and individuality shape the structural and functional composition of the
human skin microbiome. To explore these factors' contribution to skin microbial community …

Human skin is a large, heterogeneous organ that protects the body from pathogens while
sustaining microorganisms that influence human health and disease. Our analysis of 16 S …

The skin is the primary physical barrier between the body and the external environment and
is also a substrate for the colonization of numerous microbes. Previously, dermatological …

An abundant and diverse collection of bacteria, fungi, and viruses inhabits the human skin.
These microorganisms vary between individuals and between different sites on the skin. The …

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 …

The past two decades have been marked by a surge in research to understand the microbial
communities that live in association with the human body, in part stimulated by affordable …

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 …

Trillions of bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea, and small arthropods colonize the skin surface,
collectively comprising the skin microbiome. Generations of researchers have classified …

Microbes are present in every environmental niche and live in close association with
humans and each other. Members of these communities include bacteria, archaea, viruses …

Human skin microbiota has been described as a “microbial fingerprint” due to observed
differences between individuals. Current understanding of the cutaneous microbiota is …