Every Man Is an Island (of Bacteria)

Posted by kdawson on Tuesday January 27, 2009 @11:42AM from the outnumbered-by-your-gut dept.

Shipud writes "There are ten times more bacterial cells in our body than our own cells. Most of them are located in our guts, and they affect our well-being in many ways. A group at Washington University has recently reported that although our gut microbes perform similar functions, it appears that different people have completely different compositions of gut bacteria: every man is an island, a unique microbial ecosystem composed of completely different species. One conclusion is that the whole division of bacteria into species may well be over-used in biomedicine."

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haha by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-27 11:43 · Score: -1, Troll

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Full of it by Anonymous Coward · 2009-01-27 11:47 · Score: -1, Troll

Yes folks, every man is full of shit in a unique way! Yes, I said "man". Women don't shit or fart, and probably have no bacteria in their colons either.