soap, then rinse. Again and again, whenever you want. Skin feeling clean and fragrant. Go forward! Our skin is home to the legions of live microorganisms as happy (if it fits the term), despite our efforts. Decades ago, scientists found that diversity of bacteria swarmed on human skin. In 2009, however, the researchers brought a huge surprise, are many more species than previously thought. Studies at the National Human Genome Research in Bethesda, Virginia, USA, revealed the fertile field for a wide variety of bugs are (invisible to the naked eye but monsters under the microscope). The results were published in the journal "Science" ("temporal and topographic diversity of human skin microbiome"). Indicates that there are hundreds of different species. Bacterial communities richest and most diverse found in the forearms. In this part of the body was found, on average, 44 different species and variety is linked to the amount of hair. Thus, hairy forearms are an unmistakable sign of a jungle populated by many more species of microscopic creatures. The smaller variety was found behind our ears (19 species). Researchers now say, for example, that despite the short distance "geographic" between the armpits and hairy forearms, more soft and dry, there are two "ecological niches" completely different, as well as the Amazon and the deserts of Sahara. So, not counting the many beneficial bacteria that live in our interior, as we walk through the world an invisible layer of bugs. The study, by crazy as it sounds, the basis for "examining the role of bacterial communities in microbial disease and interdependence required to maintain healthy skin."
Supplement "The Sunday" the newspaper El Comercio on Sunday, January 2, 2010
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