About this Research Topic
The human skin creates a unique ecological niche housing different microbes including bacteria, fungi, viruses, archaea, and mites. The human skin microbiome is composed of these microbes which interact with each other and host cells. Various techniques such as bacterial 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing and metagenomic shotgun sequencing have been developed to study the human skin microbiome.
This Research Topic aims to collect the most recent insights on skin microbiome research and its applications. We welcome all types of manuscripts (original research / review / editorials) with the objective to answer several outstanding questions, which include, but are not limited to:
1. Interaction of skin microbes with host cells
2. Synthetic biology approaches for optimizing the beneficial skin microbes for treatment of skin disorders
3. Novel action mechanisms by which beneficial microbes improve skin health
4. Advanced methods such as teledermatology and digital therapeutics, which can apply current skin microbiome research to improve human skin health
This Research Topic aims to collect the most recent insights on skin microbiome research and its applications. We welcome all types of manuscripts (original research / review / editorials) with the objective to answer several outstanding questions, which include, but are not limited to:
1. Interaction of skin microbes with host cells
2. Synthetic biology approaches for optimizing the beneficial skin microbes for treatment of skin disorders
3. Novel action mechanisms by which beneficial microbes improve skin health
4. Advanced methods such as teledermatology and digital therapeutics, which can apply current skin microbiome research to improve human skin health
Keywords: human skin microbiome, microbe-host interaction, skin health, skin disorders, teledermatology
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