# @seed on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BjvT1Fol8si
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/34247893-seed-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/0ab7e19f0b.jpg
- **Posted:** 2018-06-07T21:52:37.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Seed (@seed) — https://gondola.cc/seed

## Caption

You are 50%¹ human. Half of you is microbial by cell count. 38,000,000,000,000 (that's 38 trillion) to be specific.⠀
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They've been a part of you just as they were a part of your ancestors—helping you digest your food, regulate inflammation, and synthesize key vitamins, metbolites, and neurotransmitters, all in exchange for just a portion of your daily calories and a warm place to live. They are essential to your health and to what makes you human.⠀
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You are them, and they are you.⠀
You + Bacteria = You⠀
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¹ Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo R. Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body. PLoS Biology. 2016;14(8):e1002533. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1002533.⠀
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² Yes, that's a tiny bacteria on her nipple. #freethenipple

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