Our bacteria are more personal than we thought, study shows

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the bacteria that persisted best in each person’s microbiome were those that were most particular to the individual, rather than those shared by the entire population.

This reads like "Study finds that trees in a rainforest are most likely to be trees that are suited to the rainforest, rather than other trees"

god bless the people giving stool samples so often for the studies. FOUR TIMES A YEAR FOR SIX YEARS?? i did it once and it was awful. and more frequently if they got vaxxed or sick? i would cry

I would love it if they actually gave us good standards. The US ones are garbage.