Artificial Sweat (artSw)

The Artificial Sweat (artSw) definition contains all components as described in ‘Sweat and Sebum Preferences of the Human Skin Microbiota’[1] (Table 1).

Table 2 artSw composition

name	source
Calcium(II) cation [Ca(2+)]	Calcium sulfate dihydrate
Hydrogencarbonate	Potassium H carbonate
Chloride [Cl(-)]	Sodium chloride, L-Lysine HCl, L-Ornithine HCl
D-Glucose	D-Glucose
Glycine	Glycine
Hydrogen [H(+)]	Monosodium phosphate, Potassium H carbonate, L-Lysine HCl, L-Ornithine HCl
L-Alanine	L-Alanine
L-Arginine	L-Arginine
L-Asparagine	L-Asparagine
L-Aspartate	L-Aspartic acid
L-Citrulline [Citrulline]	L-Citrulline
L-Glutamate	L-Glutamic acid
L-Glutamine	L-Glutamine
L-Histidine	L-Histidine
L-Isoleucine	L-Isoleucine
L-Leucine	L-Leucine
L-Lysine	L-Lysine HCl
L-Ornithine	L-Ornithine HCl
L-Phenylalanine	L-Phenylalanine
L-Proline	L-Proline
L-Serine	L-Serine
L-Threonine	L-Threonine
L-Tryptophan	L-Tryptophan
L-Tyrosine	L-Tyrosine
L-Valine	L-Valine
Phosphate [PO4(3-)]	Monosodium phosphate
Potassium(I) cation [K(+)]	Potassium H carbonate
Pyruvate [Pyruvic acid]	Sodium pyruvate
Sodium(I) cation [Na(+)]	Sodium chloride, Sodium pyruvate, Monosodium phosphate
Sulfate [SO4(2-)]	Calcium sulfate dihydrate
Water [H2O]	Calcium sulfate dihydrate

[1]

Mary Hannah Swaney, Amanda Nelsen, Shelby Sandstrom, and Lindsay R. Kalan. Sweat and sebum preferences of the human skin microbiota. Microbiology Spectrum, 11(1):e04180–22, 2023. URL: https://journals.asm.org/doi/abs/10.1128/spectrum.04180-22, arXiv:https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/spectrum.04180-22, doi:10.1128/spectrum.04180-22.