PetGroomer.com Magazine
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April / June 2022
The Skin’s Amazing Microbiome: Understanding Microbiota and Microflorae By Christein Sertzel On the surface of every square inch of an animal’s skin are millions of microflora, secondary bacteria, funguses and environmental pathogens. Also, there are natural and beneficial residents such as mites and an ever-changing landscape of cellular material. The very surface of the skin is a tiny ecosystem teaming with life. And its climate is ever -changing and constantly inundated 16
with stressors.
The sebum, or oil of skin, comprises the skin‘s cutaneous immune system. It does this by providing a foundational groundwork for the skin’s cellular composition to reside, as well as all of the supportive inhabitants of the individual’s specific microbiome and microflora. (Continued on page 17)
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