Cutibacterium acnes antibiotic production shapes niche competition in the human skin microbiome
J. Claesen, J. B. Spagnolo, S. Flores Ramos, K. L. Kurita, A. L. Byrd, A. A. Aksenov, A. V. Melnik, W. R. Wong, S. Wang, R. D. Hernandez, M. S. Donia, P. C. Dorrestein, H. H. Kong, J. A. Segre, R. G. Linington, , K. P. Lemon
The paper identifies cutimycin, an antibiotic produced by Cutibacterium acnes, which reduces Staphylococcus colonization in human skin follicles.
bioRxiv · Mar 30, 2019Microbiology