"Our skin provides commensal bacteria like S. hominis with a safe place to live ... Gallo is also researching whether a strain of Staphylococcus capitis bacteria could be an effective acne ...

The idea of using bacteria to improve skin health is not new. It has been there from as early as 1992, when scientists ...

Staphylococcus epidermidis exhibits different patterns of colonization to skin epithelial layers, which may contribute to long-term colonization. The microbial surface components recognizing ...

These bacteria are native to our skin, but the odors produced differ ... in those 11 samples along with a proliferation of Staphylococcus hominis bacteria. The team then synthesized a lysin ...