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Large-scale investigation for antimicrobial activity reveals newly-identified defensive species across the healthy skin microbiome

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By Uyen Nguyen, Uyên Nguyễn, Rauf Salamzade, Shelby Sandstrom, Mary Hannah Swaney, Elizabeth Townsend, Joseph Sardina, Isabelle Ludwikoski, Hanxiao Wan, Caitlin Carlson, Owen D. McArthur, Robert Zarnowski, David Andes, Cameron R. Currie, Lindsay R. Kalan, Sherrie Y. Wu, J. Z. Alex Cheong, Mackinnley Rybolt, Jordana Ferro
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Abstract The skin microbiome forms a protective barrier to pathogens, including through the production of antimicrobial metabolites. Here, we present EPICHHS, a large and taxonomically diverse skin microbiome culture collection of 968 strains from eight body sites. EPICHHS captures >95% of cumulative species-level abundance across 268 skin metagenomes.
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