Propionibacterium acnes is a Gram positive rod normally found on human skin [ 1], but has also been isolated from infections of orthopaedic implants [ 2, 3], and has been suggested to be involved in the development of acne vulgaris.
S. epidermidis, one of the most prevalent bacteria found on human skin and mucous membrane microbial flora, has emerged as major source of nosocomial infections of implanted devices.
However, one copy of the U1- AluSz6-U2-L1M5 combination can be found on human chromosome 9 (chr9:99,026,502-99,026,980) and orthologous positions in all other primate genomes investigated.
Gemella, a close relative of Staphylococcus and normally found on human mucous membranes, was detected in week 4 only in one infant.
Although it is found on human skin, its preferred habitat is up the nose.
Staphylococci are commonly found on human skin and in the nasal passages, but much less so on animal skin, Dr. Rankin said.
But MenB's sugar coat looks like the material found on human brain cells – so the patrolling immune cells ignore the invaders altogether.
Additional work indicates that terminal deletions found on human chromosomes can be healed by capture of sub-telomeric and telomeric sequences from another chromosome (Meltzer et al., 1993).
Erythrocyte binding antigen 175 (EBA-175) is a P. falciparum protein that binds the major glycoprotein found on human erythrocytes, glycophorin A, during invasion.
B. subtilis is a common contaminant of laboratory cultures (it plagued Louis Pasteur in many of his experiments) and is often found on human skin.
