Are We Really Vastly Outnumbered? Revisiting the Ratio of Bacterial to Host Cells in Humans

Ron Sender, Shai Fuchs, Ron Milo

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Abstract

It is often presented as common knowledge that, in the human body, bacteria outnumber human cells by a ratio of at least 10:1. Revisiting the question, we find that the ratio is much closer to 1:1.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)337-340
Number of pages4
JournalCell
Volume164
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 28 Jan 2016

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • General Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular Biology

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