Belly Button Biology
Friday, July 1, 2011 - 06:00
in Biology & Nature
Our own body is covered with entire (albeit tiny) ecosystems. Incredible numbers of bacterial strains live in and on the human body. And the belly button seems to be a place extraordinarily rich in bacterial passengers. The Belly Button Biodiversity Project took samples from the navels of volunteers and went to work, performing DNA analysis on the bacteria that were found there.(Source: Belly Button Biodiversity Project)read more