Diversity of Staphylococci on Human Skin Characterized at Sites Across the Body

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Description

Staphylococcus bacteria commonly live on human skin. Results from this study show that the human skin hosts diverse staphylococcal species. In addition, genomic analysis of the bacterial species sampled from different areas of the body suggest that different types of staphylococci appear to prefer specific skin sites.

What is exciting about this article?

Findings from this study provide additional knowledge about the different species and subspecies of staphylococci that live on the human skin and how these different types of bacteria have adapted to varied skin areas. By better characterizing the bacteria that exist on the human skin, the researchers hope to further examine how human skin interacts with its microbiome.

Grant support

ZIABC010938

Research Areas:
Clinical Research Computational Biology Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Skin Biology

Reference:

Integrated genomic and functional analyses of human skin-associated Staphylococcus reveal extensive inter- and intra-species diversity.

Joglekar P, Conlan S, Lee-Lin SQ, Deming C, Kashaf SS, NISC Comparative Sequencing Program, Kong HH, Segre JA
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A.
2023 Nov 21;
120(47).
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2310585120
PMID: 37956283

Research reported in this publication was supported by the Intramural Research Program of the NIHʼs National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases.

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