As part of investigating the effects of a novel disinfectant on the skin microbiome, skin microbial samples were taken from groups of individuals before and after use of the disinfectant over a period of one week, as well as two weeks following end of exposure. Also a control group not exposed to disinfectant was included. DNA was extracted and subjected to amplicon-based microbiome analysis in order to study large-scale effects to the microbiome, and the ability of the microbiome to reconstitute following end-of-treatment. A questionnaire-based investigation was also included to accompany the sequence datasets. In addition, cellular and molecular effects of the antiseptic to model bacterial species are included as part of the project.
Collaborators:
SoftOx Solutions AS and The Norwegian Defense Research Establishment (FFI)
Funding:
The Norwegian Research Council Industrial PhD programme
