The bacterial flora of humans
http://www.textbookofbacteriology.net/normalflora.html
This webpage from an on-line textbook of microbiology provides an excellent overview of typical microbes found on the surface of human skin.
Skin microbiology
http://www.hls.utas.edu.au/teaching/micro/nursing/skin_microbiology.htm
This webpage provides questions, and their answers, pertaining to skin microbiology. The emphasis is on pathogenic organisms.
Microbial flora of skin
http://dlg.myweb.uga.edu/Microbial%20Flora%20of%20Skin.html
The webpage provides a brief but very useful overview of human skin and some of the microorganisms that inhabit it. There are several useful links at the end of the page.
Bacterial homes on skin
http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/sci;320/5879/1001
This web article reviews the human microbiome project, in which the genomes of approximately 600 bacteria inhabiting the human body will be sequenced. The article focuses on microorganisms living on skin.
Biochemistry of human skin
http://www.rsc.org/delivery/_ArticleLinking/DisplayHTMLArticleforfree.cfm?JournalCode=CS&Year=2006&ManuscriptID=b505793k&Iss=1This web article describes the biochemistry of human skin. This information is important for generating insights into the microbial ecology of the skin habitat.
Microbial ecology of the skin
http://arjournals.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev.mi.42.100188.002301
This review article provides a good overview of the microbiology of human skin.
Molecular analysis of human forearm skin
http://www.pnas.org/content/104/8/2927.full
This recent web article describes molecular biological methods to access the diversity of microbes living on skin. The authors also found a low degree of interpersonal consensus with regards to the types of microbes present on their skin.
Human skin harbors unknown bacteria
http://communications.med.nyu.edu/news/2007/human-skin-harbors-completely-unknown-bacteria
This web news article highlights key features of the human forearm skin survey.
Human-microbe mutualism
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v449/n7164/full/nature06245.html
The microbe-skin association is analyzed in this article in the context of a mutualistic ecological relationship.
Human skin microbiota
http://www.genome.org/cgi/reprint/gr.075549.107v1.pdf
This initial work of the human microbiome project surveys various skin surfaces for the microbial types that it contains using genomical approaches.
Propionibacterium acnes: Microbe wiki
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Propionibacterium
P. acnes is a causative agent of acne. The genome of this bacterium has now been sequenced.
Propionibacterium acnes KPA171202 Genome Page
http://cmr.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR/GenomePage.cgi?org=ntpa02
This page provides a portal to genomic and proteomic information on P. acnes.
Micrococcus luteus NCTC 2665 genome sequence
http://genome.jgi-psf.org/draft_microbes/miclu/miclu.info.html
The genome sequence of a common commensial skin inhabitant, M. luteus, has been obtained.
Staphylococccus epidermis: Microbe wiki
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Staphylococcus_epidermidis
This page describes the general biology of the common skin inhabitant, S. epidermis.
Staphylococcus epidermis RP62A genome page
http://cmr.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR/GenomePage.cgi?org=gse
The genome of S. epidermis RP62A has been obtained because it has been shown to be a causative agent for toxic-shock syndrome and scarlet fever.
Staphylococcus epidermis ATCC 12228 genome page
http://cmr.tigr.org/tigr-scripts/CMR/GenomePage.cgi?org=ntse02
This page provides a portal to genomic and proteomic information on S. epidermis ATCC12228.
Staphylococcus aureus: Microbe Wiki
http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Staphylococcus_aureus
This page describes the general biology of the common skin inhabitant, S. aureus.
Mycobacterium leprae
http://www.ebi.ac.uk/2can/genomes/bacteria/Mycobacterium_leprae.html
This page contains genomic information for M. leprae, the causative agent of leprosy.
Malassezia: Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malassezia
Malassezia (formerly known as Pityrosporum) is a genera of yeast that is found on the skin of humans. It has been linked to scalp infections.
Malassezia globosa genome project
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/viewer.fcgi?db=nuccore&id=AAYY00000000
This yeast has been linked to the appearance of dandruff on human scalp. It is hoped that the genome sequence will contribute to finding better treatments for dandruff.