Environmental Influences of High-Density Agricultural Animal Operation on Human Forearm Skin Microflora.

ABSTRACT: The human forearm skin microbiome ecosystem contains rich and diverse microbes, which are influenced by environmental exposures. The microbial representatives can be exchanged between human and environment, specifically animals, by which they share certain or similar epidermal microbes. Livestock and poultry are the microbial sources that are associated with the transmission of community-based pathogenic infections. Here, in this study, we proposed investigating the environmental influences introduced by livestock/poultry operations on forearm skin microflora of on-site farm workers. A total of 30 human skin swab samples were collected from 20 animal workers in dairy or integrated farms and 10 healthy volunteer controls. The skin microbiome was 16S metagenomics that were sequenced with Ill

SUBMITTER: Peng M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7650789 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature