Cutibacterium acnes evolution: One pore at a time

Laurice Flowers; Amy Campbell; Aayushi Uberoi

doi:10.1016/j.chom.2022.01.007

Cutibacterium acnes evolution: One pore at a time

Cell Host Microbe. 2022 Feb 9;30(2):144-146. doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.01.007.

Authors

Laurice Flowers¹, Amy Campbell², Aayushi Uberoi³

Affiliations

¹ Indiana University School of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA.
² University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
³ University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Dermatology, Philadelphia, PA, USA. Electronic address: auberoi@pennmedicine.upenn.edu.

PMID: 35143764
DOI: 10.1016/j.chom.2022.01.007

Abstract

Cutibacterium acnes is found in the human skin microbiome. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Conwill et al. investigate the coexistence of C. acnes strains on the skin and find that the skin surface harbors multiple C. acnes lineages, but individual pores are dominated by an individual lineage.

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MeSH terms

Humans
Microbiota*
Propionibacterium acnes* / genetics
Skin / microbiology

Grants and funding

K99 AR081404/AR/NIAMS NIH HHS/United States