Take a Number: 40 Trillion Bacteria on and in Us? Fewer Than We Thought.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016 - 14:40 in Biology & Nature

The oft-repeated 10-to-1 ratio of microbes to human cells was unrealistic, researchers say. The numbers of microbes and human cells are about the same.

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