Artificial sweat composition to grow and sustain a mixed human axillary microbiome

Chris Callewaert; Benjamin Buysschaert; Els Vossen; Veerle Fievez; Tom Van de Wiele; Nico Boon

doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2014.05.005

Artificial sweat composition to grow and sustain a mixed human axillary microbiome

J Microbiol Methods. 2014 Aug:103:6-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.05.005. Epub 2014 May 21.

Authors

Chris Callewaert¹, Benjamin Buysschaert¹, Els Vossen², Veerle Fievez², Tom Van de Wiele¹, Nico Boon³

Affiliations

¹ Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium.
² Laboratory for Animal Nutrition and Animal Product Quality (LaNuPro), Ghent University, Proefhoevestraat 10, B-9090 Melle, Belgium.
³ Laboratory of Microbial Ecology and Technology (LabMET), Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium. Electronic address: nico.boon@ugent.be.

PMID: 24858451
DOI: 10.1016/j.mimet.2014.05.005

Abstract

A novel artificial sweat composition, Skin Community Interaction simulation, designed to mimic the human axillary sweat, was compared to other artificial sweat compositions. Axillary microbiota grown in the novel composition closely resembled the original community. Volatile organic compound analysis showed good correlations with in vivo axillary (mal)odor components.

Keywords: Armpit; Artificial sweat; Fatty acids; Microbiome; VOCs.

MeSH terms

Axilla / microbiology*
Humans
Mass Spectrometry
Metagenome
Microbiota*
Odorants / analysis
Phylogeny
Sweat / chemistry*
Sweat / microbiology*