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   RS Wood to JAB   
   Re: Microbial cloud   
   27 Sep 15 14:58:45   
   
   From: rsw@therandymon.com   
      
   On 2015-09-23 07:11:08 +0300, JAB said:   
      
   > Everyone has a 'microbial cloud'   
   >   
   > Everyone is surrounded by a unique "cloud" of millions of their own   
   > bacteria, according to scientists at the University of Oregon in the   
   > US.   
   >   
   > Walk through someone else's cloud, and it will "rain" bacteria on your   
   > skin and be breathed into your lungs.   
   >   
   > The study on 11 people, published in the journal PeerJ, showed it was   
   > possible to identify people from their microbial miasma.   
   >   
   > http://www.bbc.com/news/health-34314065   
      
      
   This is one of those things that, in hindsight, makes perfect sense.   
   If dogs could talk, they'd tell you they've known it all along:   
   everyone has their own smell, a product of one's chemistry,   
   microbiology, digestive processes, cleanliness, and the like.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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