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

被引：2070

作者：

Sender, Ron ^{[1
]}

Fuchs, Shai ^{[2
,3
]}

Milo, Ron ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Plant & Environm Sci, IL-7610001 Rehovot, Israel

[2] Weizmann Inst Sci, Dept Mol Genet, IL-7610001 Rehovot, Israel

[3] Hosp Sick Children, Dept Pediat Endocrinol & Metab, 555 Univ Ave, Toronto, ON M5G 1X8, Canada

来源：

CELL | 2016年 / 164卷 / 03期

关键词：

BLOOD-VOLUME; BODY; TRACT;

D O I：

10.1016/j.cell.2016.01.013

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

070307 [化学生物学]; 071010 [生物化学与分子生物学];

摘要：

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.

引用

页码：337 / 340

页数：4

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