@article{c3c48734970b43b3a155536535b96f34,
title = "Are We Really Vastly Outnumbered? Revisiting the Ratio of Bacterial to Host Cells in Humans",
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.",
author = "Ron Sender and Shai Fuchs and Ron Milo",
note = "The authors are thankful for the following colleagues for helpful discussions of the manuscript: Eva Bianconi, Pascal Buenzli, Silvia Canaider, Dan Davidi, Eran Elinav, Avi Flamholz, Miki Goldenfeld, Tal Korem, Uri Moran, Nigel Orme, Rob Phillips, Silvio Pitlik, Jonathan Rosenblatt, Eran Segal, Maya Shamir, Jeff Shander, Tomer Shlomi, Rotem Sorek, Pierluigi Strippoli, Gerald Tannok, Christoph Thaiss, Jonathan Wasserman, Dave Wernick, Aryeh Wides, and Lionel Wolberger. The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the paper. This work was funded by the European Research Council (Project SYMPAC 260392); Dana and Yossie Hollander; Helmsley Charitable Foundation; Israel Ministry of Science; and The Larson Charitable Foundation. R.M. is the Charles and Louise Gartner professional chair and an EMBO young investigator program member. R.S., S.F., and R.M. conceived and performed the study and wrote the manuscript.",
year = "2016",
month = jan,
day = "28",
doi = "10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.013",
language = "الإنجليزيّة",
volume = "164",
pages = "337--340",
journal = "Cell",
issn = "0092-8674",
publisher = "Elsevier B.V.",
number = "3",
}