Saturday 3 May 2008

OMG

"The most numerous cells in our body are microbial—they outnumber our cells 10 to 1."  So what the hell does that make us?  'humacteria'?  lol

"It appears that the skin, the largest organ in our body, is a kind of zoo and some of the inhabitants are quite novel, according to a new study. Researchers found evidence for 182 species of bacteria in skin samples. Eight percent were unknown species that had never before been described."

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2007-02/nyum-hsh013107.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_flora


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