Affiliation:
1. Faculty of Medical and Life Sciences, Institute of Precision Medicine, Microbiology and Hygiene Group Furtwangen University Villingen‐Schwenningen Germany
2. International R&D Henkel Consumer Brands Henkel AG & Co KGaA Düsseldorf Germany
3. Department of Microbiology Corporate Scientific Services, Henkel AG & Co KGaA Düsseldorf Germany
Abstract
AbstractObjectiveThe human scalp is characterized by a moderately diverse microbial community, comprising prokaryotic (bacteria) and eukaryotic (fungi) members. Although the details are far from being fully understood, the human scalp microbiota is implicated in several scalp disorders, in particular dandruff formation. Hence, the protection of an intact and diverse scalp microbiota can be regarded as a quality criterion for hair and scalp care formulations. In this study, we investigated the influence of two commercially available, non‐antimicrobial shampoo formulations on the structure of the scalp microbiota.MethodsScalp microbiota samples, obtained by swab sampling from two cohorts of probands (n = 25, each), were analysed before and after daily use of two different shampoo formulations for 2 weeks, respectively. A polyphasic approach was used, comprising quantitative cultivation of bacteria and fungi on selective media as well as sequencing of PCR‐amplified 16S rRNA and 18S rRNA genes, respectively.ResultsAll analyses revealed a microbiota composition typical for the human scalp. While in particular fungal germ numbers increased significantly during the treatments, overall bacterial and fungal community composition was not affected, based on alpha‐ and beta‐diversity measures. However, we observed an increase in structural bacterial diversity with the age of the probands.ConclusionsOver an application period of 2 weeks, the investigated shampoo induced quantitative but no qualitative changes in the scalp microbial community structure of the investigated probands, suggesting no adverse but rather preserving or even stimulating effects of the underlying formulations on the scalp microbiota. Further investigation will have to clarify if this is also true for longer application periods and if the formulations might affect community functionality, for example microbial gene expression, rather than community composition.
Subject
Colloid and Surface Chemistry,Dermatology,Drug Discovery,Pharmaceutical Science,Aging,Chemistry (miscellaneous)
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