ArticleMicrobes and environments2019
Mode and Structure of the Bacterial Community on Human Scalp Hair.
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- Research on differences in scalp aging characteristics and visual attention between genders in the Chinese population.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- The Disturbed Microbial Niches of Itchy Scalp.Journal of cosmetic dermatology · 2025Article
- Sample collecting methods for bacterial community structure analysis of scalp hair: non-invasive swabbing versus intrusive hair shaft cutting.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- Microbiota profiling on itchy scalp with undetermined origin.Archives of microbiology · 2022Article
- Host factors that shape the bacterial community structure on scalp hair shaft.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Taxonomic profiling of skin microbiome and correlation with clinical skin parameters in healthy Koreans.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- The Potential Relevance of the Microbiome to Hair Physiology and Regeneration: The Emerging Role of Metagenomics.Biomedicines · 2021Review
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Abstract
Bacterial communities on various parts of the human body are distinct. We were the first to report the existence of a stable bacterial community on human scalp hair and demonstrated that an analysis of its structure by terminal restriction fragment length polymorphism (T-RFLP) is helpful for individual discrimination. However, the ecology of the bacterial community on human scalp hair has not yet been elucidated in detail. We herein investigated the mode, quantity, and phylogeny of bacterial communities on the human hair shaft and root and showed the results obtained from one representative individual. Direct SEM observations of hair, without a pretreatment, confirmed the ubiquitous presence of bacteria-like coccoids and rods on the shaft and root of hair from the human scalp, with 10
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