Local communities

A study by Costello et al., 2009, published in Science Magazine (abstract) examined the populations of bacteria inhabiting different surfaces of human body. Here is Figure 1 from the paper:


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I found the right-most panel (showing the relationships between the populations) interesting. Some of the results are a little surprising to me. Click on the image to enlarge.



In other news, a very funny post from e. (Possible loshon ho’rah alert.)