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We are, it turns outs, as much moving microbiomes as we are human. A microbiome is any collection of microorganisms which live in a particular environmental location — in this case, our bodies. The average human contains ten times more microbial cells than actual human cells.
For some people, the thought that we’re essentially walking microbe-homes makes them run to the shower to scrub their skin raw.… Read more