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monsdar@feddit.de ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

I meant that the question wasn’t about the positive effects of parasites but about the number you mentioned.

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Zerush@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

The total bacteria mass [they] find represents about 0.3% of the overall body weight, significantly updating previous statements that 1%–3% of the body mass is composed of bacteria or that a normal human hosts 1–3 kg of bacteria [NIH. NIH Human Microbiome Project defines normal bacterial makeup of the body. Natl Institutes Heal 2012. (accessed January 3, 2015). link 5th paragraph from top].

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- samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  They were asking about mites, not bacteria, which is what the pictures are depicting.
  
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