Comments on: The bacterial zoo living on your skin http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/ Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Michael Saganski http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3658 Michael Saganski Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:17:16 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3658 Wow, that's a lot of different kinds of bacteria! I've only studied the acne causing bacteria, p. acnes. It's truly amazing just how complicated our bodies are. Wow, that’s a lot of different kinds of bacteria! I’ve only studied the acne causing bacteria, p. acnes. It’s truly amazing just how complicated our bodies are.

]]> By: Toby http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3657 Toby Thu, 28 May 2009 22:25:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3657 "Your butt microbes have more in common with mine than they do with your elbow microbes." This doesn't seem like a surprising result - our elbows are both dry... “Your butt microbes have more in common with mine than they do with your elbow microbes.”
This doesn’t seem like a surprising result – our elbows are both dry…

]]> By: Zach Miller http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3656 Zach Miller Thu, 28 May 2009 21:44:39 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3656 How bizarre! I like the analogy of "body as planet" with different environments. How bizarre! I like the analogy of “body as planet” with different environments.

]]> By: NoAstronomer http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3655 NoAstronomer Thu, 28 May 2009 21:22:10 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/notrocketscience/2009/05/28/the-bacterial-zoo-living-on-your-skin/#comment-3655 So, apparently, we *don't* need to wash behind our ears. So, apparently, we *don’t* need to wash behind our ears.

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