Fig 1.

Corynebacterium species relative abundance in normal human skin microbiome. (a) Relative abundance of the 15 major Corynebacterium species across 14 skin sites: sebaceous (back, Ba; occiput, Oc; external auditory canal, Ea; retroauricular crease, Ra; manubrium, Mb; glabella, Gb), moist (inguinal crease, Ic; antecubital crease, Ac), dry (hypothenar palm, Hp; volar forearm, Vf), foot (toe nail, Tn; toe web, Tw; plantar heel, Ph), and nares (N). Relative abundances were determined by sequencing of the V1–V3 region of the 16S rRNA gene and subsetting to Corynebacterium reads. (b) Percent of total bacterial reads attributed to Corynebacterium and C. tuberculostearicum in each skin habitat. Of the six ASVs assigned to C. tuberculostearicum, mean relative abundance across skin habitats.