#staphylococcus epidermidis

[joydoesathing]

not fandom art but my classmate dared me to make human designs of bacteria from our college lecture 🦠

what being a medlab science student that happens to draw results into eventually

[microbes-in-hats]

Staphylococcus epidermidis on mannitol salt agar

Photo credit: aurorab_kinasefanaccount on Instagram (also microbe credit, straight from her skin)

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Bilim İnsanları Uyarıyor: Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bilim İnsanları Uyarıyor: Staphylococcus epidermidis

Bilim İnsanları Uyarıyor: Staphylococcus epidermidis

Normal cilt bakterileri cilt kanserine karşı koruyucudur. İnsanlarda yaygın görülen bir Staphylococcus epidermidis bakteri türü, deri tümörlerinin büyümesini engelleyen bir madde üretir. Dolayısıyla antibakteriyel ürünleri cildinize ve elinize sürerken bunları göz ardı etmemenizde büyük yarar var.  

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[linternista]

Staphylococcus epidermidis, una bacteria residente en nuestra piel que causa infecciones potencialmente mortales después de la cirugía | Por: @rigotordoc

Staphylococcus epidermidis, una bacteria residente en nuestra piel que causa infecciones potencialmente mortales después de la cirugía | Por: @rigotordoc

El Staphylococcus epidermidis está presente en la piel de todas las personas, un pariente cercano del Staphylococcus aureus resistente a la meticilina (SARM), y a pesar de que los clínicos y los científicos a menudo no le prestan demasiada atención debido a que es un gérmen saprófito de la piel, cada vez más es causa importante de infecciones potencialmente mortales después de las cirugías debido…

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[thinkbiome]

Skin Microbiome Protects Against Cancer

The common human skin bacterium Staphylococcus epidermidis produces a substance that protects against cancer and could lead to new preventative treatments.

 We mostly think about the human microbiome in terms of gut bacteria. However, microbes are found everywhere in the body, especially on the skin, which is in constant contact with the surrounding environment.

Bacterial communities vary significantly by their location on the body, and the health benefits they provide are likely to be specific to the area they are found on.  

While studying how certain healthy skin bacteria fight off harmful pathogens, researchers at the University of California, San Diego stumbled upon a strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis that makes an interesting-looking substance.

The chemical made by the bacteria looks a lot like a key component of DNA, called adenine (one of the four DNA “building blocks”).

The researchers found that the chemical, called 6-N-hydroxyaminopurine (6-HAP) inhibited the production of DNA. When tested in cell cultures, 6-HAP prevented several types of tumor cells from growing and multiplying. Furthermore, the team found that 6-HAP was not toxic when injected into mice.

Amazingly, when melanoma cells were introduced to mice, animals that had received 6-HAP intravenously ended up with tumors more than 60% smaller than the mice that did not get 6-HAP.

The team also found that applying 6-HAP to the skin of mice (like sunscreen) protected them against UV radiation.

Staphylococcus epidermidis is commonly found on human skin, but researchers say that only about 20% of the healthy population is likely to have a strain that produces 6-HAP. Therefore, 6-HAP could be developed into a type of sunscreen to protect the wider population from the damaging effects of ultraviolet light.

 Reference:

Nakatsuji, T et al. A commensal strain of Staphylococcus epidermidis protects against skin neoplasia. Science Advances, 4.2 (2018): eaao4502.

[lifeinlifescience]

First Gram stain of the year, It is a stain of Staphylococcus epidermidis. The bacteria is gram positive noted by the purple color of the culture stain.

[gwensmind]

I just taught my Applied Science teacher how to spell “Staphylococcus epidermidis” properly. She kept spelling it as “Staphylococcus epidermis”.

[gwensmind]

A fragrance called “Eau De Staphylococcus Epidermidis” would not sell well either, but would probably sell better than a fragrance called Escherichia Coli.