Bacterial landscape of human skin: seeing the forest for the trees

Skin harbours large communities of colonizing bacteria. The same bacterial species can exist in different physiological states: viable, dormant, non‐viable. Each physiological state can have a different impact on skin health and disease. Various analytical methodologies target different physiologica...

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Published in:	Experimental dermatology Vol. 22; no. 7; pp. 443 - 446
Main Author:	Alexeyev, Oleg A.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Denmark Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01-07-2013
Subjects:	Acne Vulgaris - microbiology Bacteria Bacteria - isolation & purification biofilm Biofilms DNA, Bacterial - analysis dormancy Humans In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence microbiome Microbiota Microscopy, Fluorescence Phenotype Propionibacterium acnes - metabolism RNA, Ribosomal, 16S - analysis skin Skin - metabolism Skin - microbiology Skin Diseases - microbiology Virulence
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Summary:	Skin harbours large communities of colonizing bacteria. The same bacterial species can exist in different physiological states: viable, dormant, non‐viable. Each physiological state can have a different impact on skin health and disease. Various analytical methodologies target different physiological states of bacteria, and this must be borne in mind while interpreting microbiological tests and drawing conclusions about possible cause–effect relationships.
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ISSN:	0906-6705 1600-0625 1600-0625
DOI:	10.1111/exd.12160