title: The Association of the Skin Microbiota With Health, Immunity, and Disease.
abstract: The human skin is densely colonized by a highly diverse microbiota comprising all three domains of life. Long believed to represent mainly a source of infection, the human skin microbiota is nowadays well accepted as an important driver of human (skin) health and well-being. This microbiota is influenced by many host and environmental factors and interacts closely with the skin immune system. Although cause and effect are usually difficult to discriminate, changes in the skin microbiota clearly play a role in the pathobiology of many types of skin disease and cosmetic disorders. Consequently, treatment and prevention strategies have to respect this role, rendering pre- and probiotic and even transplantation therapies an additional option to the use of antibiotics.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Institute of Precision Medicine, Microbiology and Hygiene Group, Furtwangen University, Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Egert
authors.affiliation: Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, Corporate Scientific Services, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Simmering
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: C U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Riedel
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D019936:Probiotics / Q000494:pharmacology; D012867:Skin / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000276:immunology / Q000382:microbiology; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents