Fermentation of Propionibacterium acnes, a Commensal Bacterium in the Human Skin Microbiome, as Skin Probiotics against Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Shu, Muya ^a   Wang, Yanhan ^a   Yu, Jinghua ^b   Kuo, Sherwin ^a   Coda, Alvin ^a   Jiang, Yong ^c   Gallo, Richard L ^a   Huang, Chun Ming ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b BURNHAM INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Surface Bioadvances Inc   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; GLYCEROL; LACTIC ACID; PROBIOTIC AGENT; PROPIONIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL FERMENTATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL PH; COMMENSAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG CONCENTRATION; DRUG POTENCY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; FERMENTATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; INNATE IMMUNITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; MICROBIOME; MICROCOCCUS LUTEUS; MINIMUM BACTERICIDAL CONCENTRATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN FLORA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HUMAN; INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH MOUSE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; PH; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANIMALS; FERMENTATION; GLYCEROL; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MICROBIOTA; PROBIOTICS; PROPIONIBACTERIUM ACNES; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84873553724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0055380     Document Type: Article

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