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. 2022 Aug 29;21:176. doi: 10.1186/s12934-022-01901-6

Fig. 1.

Fig. 1

Distribution of microorganisms in human skin. Human skin area can be divided into four microenvironments, including dry (forearm and palm), sebaceous (face, back and chest), moist (groin, bend of elbow, and inguinal canal) and foot (plantar heel and toe web space). The relative abundance of viral, bacterial, and fungal components of corresponding skin microbiota are indicated. Bar charts represent relative abundance of microorganism distributed in the human skin, and the white spare in the bar charts represents other bacterial or fungal categories except the described microbes in the bar chart. The front of the human body is shown