ArticlePloS one2017
The feline skin microbiota: The bacteria inhabiting the skin of healthy and allergic cats.
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- Characterization of the skin microbiome in normal and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma affected cats and dogs.mSphere · 2024Article
- The feline skin microbiome: interrelationship between health and disease.Journal of feline medicine and surgery · 2023Review
- Comparison of 2 sampling methods for molecular detection of bacteria or fungi from feline hair and scale specimens.Journal of veterinary diagnostic investigation : official publication of the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians, Inc · 2023Article
- Unenriched skin microbiota transplantation for cats: new road story for treating feline atopic skin syndrome.Brazilian journal of veterinary medicine · 2023Article
- The Kitty Microbiome Project: Defining the Healthy Fecal "Core Microbiome" in Pet Domestic Cats.Veterinary sciences · 2022Article
- Skin Microbiota Was Altered in Crocodile Lizards (Frontiers in veterinary science · 2022Article
- Social environment and genetics underlie body site-specific microbiomes of Yellowstone National Park gray wolves (Ecology and evolution · 2021Article
- Diversity and Risk Factors Associated with Multidrug and Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococci Isolated from Cats Admitted to a Veterinary Clinic in Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe skin is inhabited by a multitude of microorganisms. An imbalance of these microorganisms is associated with disease, however, the causal relationship between skin microbiota and disease remains unknown. To describe the cutaneous bacterial microbiota of cats and determine whether bacterial dysbiosis occurs on the skin of allergic cats, the skin surfaces on various regions of 11 healthy cats and 10 allergic cats were sampled. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL
findingsGenomic DNA was extracted from skin swabs and sequenced using primers that target the V4 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA. The bacterial sequences from healthy cats revealed that there are differences in species diversity and richness between body sites and different epithelial surfaces. Bacterial communities preferred body site niches in the healthy cats, however, the bacterial communities on allergic cat skin tended to be more unique to the individual cat. Overall, the number of bacterial species was not significantly different between the two health status groups, however, the abundances of these bacterial species were different between healthy and allergic skin. Staphylococcus, in addition to other taxa, was more abundant on allergic skin. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: This study reveals that there are more bacterial species inhabiting the skin of cats than previously thought and provide some evidence of an association between dysbiosis and skin disease.
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