A Cutibacterium acnes antibiotic modulates human skin microbiota composition in hair follicles.
Sci Transl Med
; 12(570)2020 11 18.
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| ID: mdl-33208503
The composition of the skin microbiota varies widely among individuals when sampled at the same body site. A key question is which molecular factors determine strain-level variability within sub-ecosystems of the skin microbiota. Here, we used a genomics-guided approach to identify an antibacterial biosynthetic gene cluster in Cutibacterium acnes (formerly Propionibacterium acnes), a human skin commensal bacterium that is widely distributed across individuals and skin sites. Experimental characterization of this biosynthetic gene cluster resulted in identification of a new thiopeptide antibiotic, cutimycin. Analysis of individual human skin hair follicles revealed that cutimycin contributed to the ecology of the skin hair follicle microbiota and helped to reduce colonization of skin hair follicles by Staphylococcus species.
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MEDLINE
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Folículo Piloso
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Microbiota
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Sci Transl Med
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIA
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MEDICINA
Año:
2020
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Article
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Estados Unidos