Matinpour Mahdis, Zettner Nadine, Neumann Kristin, Bäumer Lisa, Burkovski Andreas
Microbiology Division, Department of Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Staudtstr. 5, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
Mymicrobiome GmbH, Nürnberger Str. 108e, 96050 Bamberg, Germany.
Microorganisms. 2025 Mar 8;13(3):623. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13030623.
Horses have close interactions with humans and are important as working animals and livestock. In contrast to smaller companion animals like cats and dogs, there is only little information available about their skin microbiome. The objective of this study was to identify and characterize the culturable cutaneous microbiome of healthy horses. Samples were taken from 14 horses from Southern Germany which were randomly enrolled in this study. Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) was used as a method to detect the culturable microorganisms of horse skin. The most abundant culturable species of horse skin identified in this study include , , , , , and . Analyses of the bacteria across different body regions indicated the specific preferences of species for certain skin areas. In addition, our data hinted to an influence of the age of the horses tested and an influence between the four stables studied.
马与人类有密切互动，作为役用动物和家畜很重要。与猫和狗等较小的伴侣动物不同，关于它们皮肤微生物群的信息很少。本研究的目的是鉴定和表征健康马匹可培养的皮肤微生物群。样本取自德国南部随机纳入本研究的14匹马。基质辅助激光解吸/电离飞行时间质谱（MALDI-TOF MS）被用作检测马皮肤可培养微生物的方法。本研究中鉴定出的马皮肤中最丰富的可培养物种包括 、 、 、 、 、 和 。对不同身体部位细菌的分析表明，某些物种对特定皮肤区域有偏好。此外，我们的数据暗示了受试马匹年龄的影响以及所研究的四个马厩之间的影响。
