MicrobeWorld

In the past 100 years we’ve learned that each one of us has unique fingerprints, and unique DNA sequences. Now through the Human Microbiome Project, we’re learning that every one of us has a unique and identifiable bacterial community not only inside of us, but also growing on our skin as well. Christian Lauber, a postdoc in the Fierer lab at the University of Colorado talked with us about their recent work to elucidate skin microbiomes.

Read our interview with Christian on how bacterial communities on hands change over time and with hand washing and what it means to your personal bacterial fingerprint at the Source link.