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The inhabitants of the mammalian skin surface

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 December 2011

D. H. Lloyd
D. H. Lloyd
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Dermatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Royal Veterinary College, London NW1 0TU
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Synopsis

The wide variety of metazoan and microbial species frequenting the mammalian skin surface is described. The damage which they cause to the superficial barrier mechanisms and the host factors which modify their activity are examined. Predatory and inhibitory reactions between the skin inhabitants are discussed in relation to their ability to inhibit the activities of pathogenic organisms.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Section B: Biological Sciences , Volume 79 , Issue 1-3: Surface ecosystems and the interactions within them which overcome skin defence mechanisms , 1980 , pp. 25 - 42
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1980

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