Commensal bacteria living on the skin can enhance the virulence of a skin pathogen, changing the way we think about the role of healthy skin microbiota in disease susceptibility.
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Spoto, M., Oh, J. Resident risks. Nat Microbiol 3, 858–859 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-018-0212-9
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