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To: ThomasMore
Collectively called your microbiome, your shipmates outnumber your own cells.

That seems impossible................

3 posted on 08/15/2016 6:37:03 AM PDT by Red Badger (Make America AMERICA again!.........................)
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To: Red Badger

Agreed... I wish when statements like this are made, they are followed by some real data to support the hypothesis.


4 posted on 08/15/2016 6:41:43 AM PDT by ThomasMore (Islam is the Whore of Babylon!)
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To: Red Badger

If every cell has mitochondria, and mitochondria supposedly have separate and different dna than what is in the cell nucleus, then it seems to me all these things with separate dna are way more numerous than actual human cells. I think there is a theory that says mitochondria were actually some sort of invading bacteria at one time or something. But I am for sure no expert.

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11 posted on 08/15/2016 7:03:35 AM PDT by Ransomed
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To: Red Badger

Bacterium are really small.

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/01/160111-microbiome-estimate-count-ratio-human-health-science/


20 posted on 08/15/2016 4:22:54 PM PDT by King Moonracer (Bad lighting and cheap fabric, that's how you sell clothing.....)
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