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ArticlemSystems2025

The microbiome of the human facial skin is unique compared to that of other hominids.

Samuel Degregori, Melissa B Manus, Evan B Qu, Calen P Mendall, Jacob S Baker, Lydia M Hopper, Katherine R Amato, Tami D Lieberman

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Article in mSystems, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Samuel DegregoriDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-4616-580X
Melissa B ManusDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.
Evan B QuInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Calen P MendallInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Jacob S BakerInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Lydia M HopperDepartment of Molecular and Comparative Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Katherine R AmatoDepartment of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2722-9414
Tami D LiebermanInstitute for Medical Engineering and Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5430-3937

Funding

UCSD/SDSU IRACDAK12GM068524 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI TREJO, JOANN · 2003 to 2025
$24.4M
An Evolutionary Framework For Identifying Determinants Of Colonization In Human MicrobiomesDP2GM140922 · NIGMS · MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI LIEBERMAN, TAMI D · 2020 to 2020
$2.3M
NIGMS NIH HHS DP2 GM140922NIGMS NIH HHS K12 GM068524NIH HHS DP2OD028909
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The human facial skin microbiome is remarkably similar across all people sampled to date, dominated by facultative anaerobe

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FaceHominidaeMicrobiotaSkinAnimalsBacteriaFemaleGorilla gorillaHumansMalePan troglodytesRNA, Ribosomal, 16SRNA, Ribosomal, 16S16S RNAcomparative studiesprimateshotgun sequencingskin microbiome

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PMID40434114
PMCPMC12172416

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