Skin microbiome changes during spaceflight: A lightning review

An overview of five research articles relating to human skin microbiome changes during spaceflight:
Section 1: Human skin
Section 2: The human microbiome
Section 3: Environmental stressors and implications
Section 4: Skin-related health issues and spaceflight responses
Section 5: Skin microbiome dysbiosis
Section 6: Longitudinal research into the microbiome in space
Section 7: Interaction between environmental and skin microbiomes
Section 8: Analysis of types and distributions of pathogens
Section 9: Hypothesised relationships between microbiome changes and skin responses
Section 10: Summary and conclusions
Section 11: Potential countermeasures
Section 12: References.
A PDF of paper summarising the research undertaken can be accessed via this link: drive.google.c....
Prepared by Dr Rowena Christiansen, Melbourne, Australia, June 2023.