Comments on: The ultimate case of TMI: Behold my bellybutton’s microbiome

By: Discovering my microbiome: “You, my friend, are a wonderland” | The Loom | Discovery

Sun, 03 Jul 2011 04:42:29 +0000

[...] the laboratory of Rob Dunn at North Carolina State University. After a few weeks, Hulcr sent me a photo of a Petri dish in which some of the bacteria from my bellybutton were thriving. Then Hulcr and [...]

By: Belly button biome is more than a piece of fluff | Meta Website For World News | articleist.com

Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:51:08 +0000

[...] interested in comparing my samples with those of others. This, for example, is what grew from the Q-tip that science writing luminary Carl Zimmer poked into his navel when Hulcr’s team set up shop [...]

By: Belly button biodiversity

Belly button biodiversity — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 09:29:48 +0000

[...] See microbes grown from your bellybutton lint (via Carl Zimmer). [...]

By: David Dobbs

David Dobbs — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 22:43:26 +0000

Its true, he did it. Actually, I helped Carl with this procedure — a bit of assistance in the men’s room, probably best spare you the linty details — and trust he’ll list me among the authors when the paper comes out.

By: DianeAKelly

DianeAKelly — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 19:34:02 +0000

#974 has gone public, at least indirectly (compare with the samples at http://tinyurl.com/4ds4xvx). Maybe spending all that time up in the tropical canopy has something to do with it.

But I’m jealous — my sample doesn’t seem to be ready yet.

By: John Emerson

John Emerson — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:49:16 +0000

We all contain multitudes.

By: KBHC

KBHC — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:02:09 +0000

I think the next Carnal Carnival has to be people all blogging about their belly button lint.

By: Holly

Holly — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:58:32 +0000

I have a *sneaky* suspicion that #974 might be that guy who hasn’t bathed in EIGHT years! Did you talk to him?! Er, interesting.

You and readers might be interested in the chat I had with 2 from Rob Dunn’s Belly Button Biodiversity team, Drs. Jiri Hulcr and Andrea Lucky, on our latest Science Cabaret on Air podcast: http://sciencecabaret.podomatic.com/

Thanks for sharing your microbes! It’s fun to compare!

By: Stephanie Edenshaw

Stephanie Edenshaw — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:32:38 +0000

yikes…so why that? you know it is lint from your clothes and dead skin???? or do you?

[CZ: I removed the lint before sampling--so these are regular resident of my skin.]

By: Romeo Vitelli

Romeo Vitelli — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:15:17 +0000

What does it say about me that I am devastated that I couldn’t be there on the day they were testing bellybuttons?