Interference and co-existence of staphylococci and Cutibacterium acnes within the healthy human skin microbiome

Charlotte Marie Ahle; Kristian Stødkilde; Anja Poehlein; Mechthild Bömeke; Wolfgang R. Streit; Horst Wenck; Jörn Hendrik Reuter; Jennifer Hüpeden; Holger Brüggemann

doi:10.1038/s42003-022-03897-6

Communications Biology (Sep 2022)

Interference and co-existence of staphylococci and Cutibacterium acnes within the healthy human skin microbiome

Charlotte Marie Ahle,
Kristian Stødkilde,
Anja Poehlein,
Mechthild Bömeke,
Wolfgang R. Streit,
Horst Wenck,
Jörn Hendrik Reuter,
Jennifer Hüpeden,
Holger Brüggemann

Affiliations

Charlotte Marie Ahle: Beiersdorf AG, Research & Development, Front End Innovation
Kristian Stødkilde: Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University
Anja Poehlein: Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen
Mechthild Bömeke: Department of Genomic and Applied Microbiology, Institute of Microbiology and Genetics, University of Göttingen
Wolfgang R. Streit: Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Hamburg
Horst Wenck: Beiersdorf AG, Research & Development, Front End Innovation
Jörn Hendrik Reuter: Beiersdorf AG, Research & Development, Front End Innovation
Jennifer Hüpeden: Beiersdorf AG, Research & Development, Front End Innovation
Holger Brüggemann: Department of Biomedicine, Aarhus University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03897-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The dynamic interaction between the common resident skin microbes Staphylococcus epidermidis and Cutibacterium acnes is uncovered, showing that S. epidermidis can selectively exclude acne-associated C. acnes strains from the human skin.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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