A molecule produced by a strain of Staphylococcus epidermis interferes with DNA synthesis.

Hundreds of samples from microbes living in the gut, skin, mouth, and vagina add to the human microbiome “fingerprint.” 

Problematic dietary advice; the man whose cells were fixed with CRISPR; treating toads

Wearing antiperspirant can substantially alter a person’s armpit microbiome, scientists show.

The immune system tolerates the colonization of commensal bacteria on the skin with the aid of regulatory T cells during the first few weeks of life, a mouse study shows.

Commensal skin bacteria adjusted their community structure when frogs were exposed to chytrid fungus in a recent study.

In a small study, researchers find a link between an individual’s skin microbiome and the ability to clear a bacterial infection. 

Cell phones are populated with many bacteria commonly found on users’ hands. 

Early Neanderthal evolution; developing antivirals to combat polio; the mouth and skin microbiomes; insect-inspired, flight-stabilizing sensors

Human skin, the barrier between the body and the outside world, is home to diverse microorganisms, some of which can promote immunity or fight invaders.