Ultraviolet radiation, both UVA and UVB, influences the composition of the skin microbiome.
Erin M BurnsHana AhmedPrescilia N IsedehIndermeet KohliWilliam Van Der PolAbdullah ShaheenAnum F MuzaffarCamli Al-SadekThompson M FoyMohammad S AbdelgawwadSumeira HudaHenry W LimIltefat HamzaviSejong BaeCasey D MorrowCraig A ElmetsNabiha YusufPublished in: Experimental dermatology (2019)
The results demonstrate that UVR has profound qualitative and quantitative influences on the composition of the skin microbiome, possibly effecting skin pathology in which UVR is a factor.