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

Staphylococcus aureusskin colonization is promoted by barrier disruption and leads to local inflammation

(2013) Ines Wanke et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Bacterial Quorum Sensing: Its Role in Virulence and Possibilities for Its Control

(2013) S. T. Rutherford et al.   Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Sampling and detection of skin Propionibacterium acnes: Current status

(2012) O.A. Alexeyev et al.   ANAEROBE

The Human Microbiome: Our Second Genome

(2012) Elizabeth A. Grice et al.   Annual Review of Genomics and Human Genetics

No link between rosacea andPropionibacterium acnes

(2012) Anika C. Jahns et al.   APMIS

An increased incidence of Propionibacterium acnes biofilms in acne vulgaris: a case-control study

(2012) A.C. Jahns et al.   BRITISH JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGY

The skin surface as antimicrobial barrier: present concepts and future outlooks

(2012) Jürgen Harder et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Bioactive oligopeptides in dermatology: Part II

(2012) Bobby Y. Reddy et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Considering hidradenitis suppurativa as a bacterial biofilm disease

(2012) Sandeep Kathju et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Detection of Borrelia burgdorferi Nucleic Acids after Antibiotic Treatment Does Not Confirm Viability

(2012) Radha Iyer et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Pattern of tissue invasion by Propionibacterium acnes in acne vulgaris

(2012) Oleg A. Alexeyev et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Spatial distribution of bacterial–fungal communities in facial skin

(2012) Anika C. Jahns et al.   JOURNAL OF DERMATOLOGICAL SCIENCE

Microbiome: The surface brigade

(2012) Bijal Trivedi   NATURE

Structure, function and diversity of the healthy human microbiome

(2012)   NATURE

Genomic approaches to studying the human microbiota

(2012) George M. Weinstock   NATURE

Bacteriocins — a viable alternative to antibiotics?

(2012) Paul D. Cotter et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

An Expanded Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for Propionibacterium acnes: Investigation of ‘Pathogenic’, ‘Commensal’ and Antibiotic Resistant Strains

(2012) Andrew McDowell et al.   PLoS One

Insights from Characterizing Extinct Human Gut Microbiomes

(2012) Raul Y. Tito et al.   PLoS One

Eradication of bacterial persisters with antibiotic-generated hydroxyl radicals

(2012) Sarah Schmidt Grant et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Compartmentalized Control of Skin Immunity by Resident Commensals

(2012) S. Naik et al.   SCIENCE

Two decades of fluorescence in situ hybridization in systematic and applied microbiology

(2012) Rudolf Amann et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

The potter’s wheel: the host’s role in sculpting its microbiota

(2011) Charles L. Bevins et al.   CELLULAR AND MOLECULAR LIFE SCIENCES

Propionibacterium acnes vaccination induces regulatory T cells and Th1 immune responses and improves mouse atopic dermatitis

(2011) Hiroshi Kitagawa et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Microbial Symbiosis with the Innate Immune Defense System of the Skin

(2011) Richard L. Gallo et al.   JOURNAL OF INVESTIGATIVE DERMATOLOGY

Metabolite-enabled eradication of bacterial persisters by aminoglycosides

(2011) Kyle R. Allison et al.   NATURE

The skin microbiome

(2011) Elizabeth A. Grice et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Microbial seed banks: the ecological and evolutionary implications of dormancy

(2011) Jay T. Lennon et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Activity of abundant and rare bacteria in a coastal ocean

(2011) B. J. Campbell et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Active Starvation Responses Mediate Antibiotic Tolerance in Biofilms and Nutrient-Limited Bacteria

(2011) D. Nguyen et al.   SCIENCE

Skin microbiome: genomics-based insights into the diversity and role of skin microbes

(2011) Heidi H. Kong   TRENDS IN MOLECULAR MEDICINE

Microbiology of the skin and the role of biofilms in infection

(2011) Steven L Percival et al.   International Wound Journal

Hacking into bacterial biofilms: a new therapeutic challenge

(2011) Christophe Bordi et al.   Annals of Intensive Care

Letting Sleeping dos Lie: Does Dormancy Play a Role in Tuberculosis?

(2010) Michael C. Chao et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Persister Cells

(2010) Kim Lewis   Annual Review of Microbiology

Exit from dormancy in microbial organisms

(2010) Jonathan Dworkin et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Persistence of dead-cell bacterial DNA in ex vivo root canals and influence of nucleases on DNA decay in vitro

(2010) Malin Brundin et al.   ORAL SURGERY ORAL MEDICINE ORAL PATHOLOGY ORAL RADIOLOGY AND ENDODONTICS

Population Genetic Analysis of Propionibacterium acnes Identifies a Subpopulation and Epidemic Clones Associated with Acne

(2010) Hans B. Lomholt et al.   PLoS One

Growth Rate-Dependent Global Effects on Gene Expression in Bacteria

(2009) Stefan Klumpp et al.   CELL

Focus:Synergistetes

(2009) Philip Hugenholtz et al.   ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Heat-killedPropionibacterium acnesis capable of inducing inflammatory responses in skin

(2009) Peter Lyte et al.   EXPERIMENTAL DERMATOLOGY

Commensal bacteria regulate Toll-like receptor 3–dependent inflammation after skin injury

(2009) Yuping Lai et al.   NATURE MEDICINE

Topographical and Temporal Diversity of the Human Skin Microbiome

(2009) E. A. Grice et al.   SCIENCE

Single-cell identification in microbial communities by improved fluorescence in situ hybridization techniques

(2008) Rudolf Amann et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Physiological heterogeneity in biofilms

(2008) Philip S. Stewart et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY