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

Cell
Ron SenderRon Milo

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.

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