title: Microbial Skin Inhabitants: Friends Forever.
abstract: To gain insight into the stability of the microbial communities that inhabit our skin, Oh et al., in a tour-de-force effort, map the human skin metagenomes over time. Remarkably, their data indicate that the individual, not the environment, primarily drives the composition of skin microbial communities.
authors.affiliation: Collaborative Mass Spectrometry Innovation Center, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Pieter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Dorrestein
authors.affiliation: UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Dermatology, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Richard L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Gallo
authors.affiliation: UC San Diego Center for Microbiome Innovation, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Department of Computer Science & Engineering, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: rknight@ucsd.edu.
authors.forename: Rob
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Knight
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D033062:Friends; D006801:Humans; D054892:Metagenome; D012867:Skin