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Melissa B. Manus

Northwestern UniversityORCID 0000-0003-3640-1781Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Research Focus:cell type annotation· 1 Organism:chicken / avian· 1 Organism:human· 1 Assay:metagenomics· 1 Organism:mouse· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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MicrobiologymSystemsPeer-reviewedMay 28, 2025

The microbiome of the human facial skin is unique compared to that of other hominids

Samuel Degregori, Melissa B. Manus, Evan B. Qu…·Tami D. Lieberman

This study compares the facial skin microbiome of humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas, finding humans have a unique, low-diversity microbiome dominated by Cutibacterium, absent in other primates.

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