And your human cells could not have built a healthy body without intimate help from all those trillions of immigrant microbes - your other half. Microbes began mingling with those human cells even before your first breath, the first kiss from your mother, your first taste of milk. With every gram of food you eat, you swallow about a million microbes more.Īccording to the latest estimates, about half of your cells are not human - enough to make you wonder what you mean by “you.” Your human cells come from a single fertilized egg with DNA from your mother and father. With every breath you take, with every move you make, you are sending bacteria into the air at the rate of about 37 million per hour - your invisible aura, your personal microbial cloud. Reader, as you read these words, trillions of microbes and quadrillions of viruses are multiplying on your face, your hands and down there in the darkness of your gut. I CONTAIN MULTITUDES The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life By Ed Yong Illustrated.
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