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Approximately 85%–90% of individuals develop acne during adolescence, a time period that coincides with the onset and transition through puberty.  It is well established that the physical and biochemical properties of the skin are influenced by puberty and skin colonization by microbes. Functional genes encoded in the microbes may alter skin ecology as well. In...

Thank you for your interest in our series of vaginal microbiome comparisons. Based on the results of this month’s survey, today we follow up on the functional metagenomic diversity of the non-pregnant community state type (CST) I female vaginal microbiome. As a quick refresher, a healthy vaginal microbiome harbors low microbial diversity, as opposed to...

The oral microbiome is second to the gut microbiome in human microbiome complexity partly due to its constant exposure to inhaled and ingested microbes. There are estimated to be more than 700 microbial species in the oral cavity and 54% of these microbes are uncultivable. As such, elucidating the metabolic functions of the uncultivable oral...