Tag: microbiome
Genomes and Generations: Impacts on Pumpkin Microbiomes
100 Million Bacteria And Other Apple Microbiome Tales
Microbial Life in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone
The Chernobyl Exclusion Zone has been largely untouched by humans since the Chernobyl nuclear explosion in 1986. Now over 30 years later, there’s been an abundance of wildlife in the 1,600 square mile zone despite their exposure to radioactive material in the soil and food. Scientists are monitoring animal populations with camera traps set up in this area which have captured an abundance of wildlife on these cameras: grey wolves, raccoon dogs, boars, and foxes. (more…)
Are we more bacteria than human? That depends when you last pooped
For decades, the notion that bacteria living on our bodies outnumbered human cells 10 to 1 was popular among microbiologists and the public. Turns out, this estimation is wrong.
In 2016, Ron Sender, Shai Fuchs, and Ron Milo from the Weizmann Institute examined the origins of this estimation and found that the ratio is actually closer to 1:1. (more…)