%0 Journal Article
%T Microbial biofilms and the human skin microbiome
%A Doron Steinberg
%A Michael Brandwein
%A Shiri Meshner
%J Archive of "NPJ Biofilms and Microbiomes".
%D 2016
%R 10.1038/s41522-016-0004-z
%X The human skin microbiome plays an important role in both health and disease. Microbial biofilms are a well-characterized mode of surface-associated growth, which present community-like behaviors. Additionally, biofilms are a critical element in certain skin diseases. We review how the perception of the resident skin microbiota has evolved from the early linkages of certain microbes to disease states, to a more comprehensive and intricate understanding brought on by biofilm and microbiome revelations. Rapidly expanding arsenals of experimental methods are opening new horizons in the study of human¨Cmicrobe and microbe¨Cmicrobe interactions. Microbial community profiling has largely remained a separate discipline from that of biofilm research, yet the introduction of metatranscriptomics, metabolomics, and the ability to distinguish between dormant and active members of a community have all paved the road toward a convergent cognizance of the encounter between these two microbial disciplines
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5460139/