Wow: The epidermal microbiome affects subepidermal human cells

The microbiome extends to subepidermal compartments of normal skin : Nature Communications : Nature Publishing Group:

Detection of microbes in normal human skin by immunostaining and in situ hybridization.

(a–d) Normal human facial skin was stained with anti-S. epidermidis monoclonal IgG (a,b) or isotype IgG (c,d). The broken line depicts the basement membrane of the epidermis. (e–h) Normal human facial skin was stained with anti-Pseudomonas…