
bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown
Опубликована: Ноя. 4, 2024
The human skin microbiome constitutes a dynamic barrier that can impede pathogen invasion by producing antimicrobial natural products. Gene clusters encoding for production of secondary metabolites, biosynthetic gene (BGCs), are enriched in the relative to other ecological settings, position this niche as promising source new product mining. Here, we introduce isolate collection, EPithelial Isolate Collection (EPIC). It includes large phylogenetically diverse set skin-derived bacterial strains from eight body sites. This consisting 980 is larger and more than existing resources, hundreds rare low-abundance species, unique BGCs. Using large-scale co-culture screen assess 8,756 pairwise interactions between skin-associated bacteria potential pathogens, reveal broad antifungal activity members. Integrating 287 whole genomes 268 metagenomes sampling sites demonstrates while distribution BGC types stable across sites, specific cluster families (GCFs), each predicted encode distinct metabolite, substantially vary. Sites dry or rarely moist harbor greatest discovery novel bioactive metabolites. Among our discoveries four three which exert significant broad-spectrum activity. comprehensive collection advances understanding microbiomes capabilities pathogen-fighting mechanisms, opening avenues towards drug engineering.
Язык: Английский