Welcome to the Microbiome

 Each of the photos represents a skin type.
The faces were colored purple to represent the places where gram positive bacteria was identified and pink to represent where gram negative bacteria was identified. The project has identified familiar bacteria like S. Aureus and S. epidermis and less familiar bacteria like Veillonella Dispar and Staphylococcus Schleiferi. (more below)



Combination Skin                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Dry Skin
         

                                                                  Normal Skin Type



The project is designed to not only catalog the different bacteria in the microbiomes of the various skin types, but also to examine how daily cleansing effects the composition of the microbiome, specifically the number of colonies and the type of bacteria. Identifying all the bacteria has been a challenge especially when it comes to bacteria in the same family. Overall, it's been fun....I love the challenge.









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