title: Daily battle against body odor: towards the activity of the axillary microbiota.
abstract: The microbial community of the human axilla plays a key role in the formation of axillary odor by biotransformation of odorless natural secretions into volatile odorous molecules. Culture-based microbiological and biochemical studies have allowed the characterization of the axillary microbiota, but the advent of next-generation culture-independent DNA sequencing approaches has provided an unprecedented depth of data regarding the taxonomic composition of the axillary microbiota and intra- and interindividual variation. However, the physiological activity of the microbiota of an individual and its variation under different environmental conditions remains largely unknown. Thus, metatranscriptomics represents a promising technique to identify specific metabolic activities in the axillary microbiota linked to individual differences in body odor.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Genomforschung und Systembiologie, Centrum für Biotechnologie CeBiTec, Universität Bielefeld, Universitätsstraße 27, 33615 Bielefeld, Germany.
authors.forename: Eugenie
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fredrich
authors.forename: Helena
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Barzantny
authors.forename: Iris
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Brune
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tauch
mesh_terms: D001365:Axilla / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000502:physiology; D003352:Corynebacterium / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota; D009812:Odorants; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D012867:Skin / Q000382:microbiology*; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D059467:Transcriptome