Bacteria display differential growth and adhesion characteristics on human hair shafts

• Main Authors: Kerk, Swat Kim, Lai, Hui Ying, Sze, Siu Kwan, Ng, Kee Woei, Schmidtchen, Artur, Adav, Sunil Shankar
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2018
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences; Hair Shaft; S. Aureus
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/89683; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/46324
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Apart from the skin surface, hair represents a significant tissue component with a capacity of bacterial interactions. New information can be obtained about hair function through the characterization of bacterial adherence, colonization, and responses to hair shafts per se. In this proof-of-principl...