Moving microbes: the dynamics of transient microbial residence on human skin
R. Vandegrift, A. K. Fahimipour, M. Muscarella, A. C. Bateman, K. Van Den Wymelenberg, B. Bohannan
This study examines how microbial communities from environmental sources like soil and plant leaves transiently affect human skin microbiome composition and persistence over short time scales.
bioRxiv · Mar 26, 2019 · PreprintMicrobiology