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[Quantitative and qualitative composition of axilla microbiota in practically healthy individuals]
Aim:
Characteristics of quantitative and qualitative composition of cultured microorganisms isolated from axilla skin of practically healthy individuals.
Materials And Methods:
77 practically healthy individuals aged 18 to 40 years were examined. Species identification of microorganisms was carried out byculture-morphologic, tinctorial and biochemical properties using time-of-flight mass spectrometer and rpoB gene amplification with subsequent direct sequencing.
Results:
Quantitative evaluation of microbial composition of axilla skin microbiota in most of the practically healthy individuals varied in the 4-5 lg CFU/ml interval, whereas seeding of skin by this microbiota at the level of 8 lg CFU/ml was not detected. 158 strains of 24 microorganism species were identified in this biotope. Most of these strains (68.9%) belonged to Corynebacterium genus, 21.6% of strains--to Staphylococcus genus, 7.6% of strains--to Micrococcus genus and 1.9% of strains--Candida albicans. 16 species of corynebacteria were isolated with predomination of C. tuberculostearicum (40.3%), C. amycolatum (18.4%) and C. ureicelerivorans (14.8%) strains. The microbial landscape in most of the examined individuals (77.9%) was presented by microorganism association.
Conclusion:
Quantitative and qualitative species composition of cultured microorganisms isolated from axilla skin biotope of practically healthy individuals was characterized for the first time.
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