Everyone Emits Unique Cloud of Microbes

easysurfer

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The most intersting part I think is that someone can be identified by studying the air. I wonder if this is how dogs key in on their owners in a crowd.

Like the Peanuts character, Pigpen, each of us emits a cloud of bacteria that is uniquely our own, according to a new study.

This "personal microbial cloud" is so distinctive that researchers can even identify someone just by studying the air in that individual’s room.

Everyone Emits Unique Cloud of Microbes : Discovery News

I'll never think of a crowded elevator the same again :facepalm:
 
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