Skin flora
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Skin flora, also called skin microbiota, refers to microbiota that reside on the skin, typically human skin.
Depiction of the human body and bacteria that predominate
Ecology of the 20 sites on the skin studied in the Human Microbiome Project
Microbiota
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Microbiota are the range of microorganisms that may be commensal, mutualistic, or pathogenic found in and on all multicellular organisms, including plants. Microbiota include bacteria, archaea, protists, fungi, and viruses, and have been found to be crucial for immunologic, hormonal, and metabolic homeostasis of their host.
Diverse microbial communities of characteristic microbiota are part of plant microbiomes, and are found on the outside surfaces and in the internal tissues of the host plant, as well as in the surrounding soil.
The predominant species of bacteria on human skin
Light micrograph of a cross section of a coralloid root of a cycad, showing the layer that hosts symbiotic cyanobacteria
Bleached branching coral (foreground) and normal branching coral (background). Keppel Islands, Great Barrier Reef.