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You, my friend, are what scientists call a "holobiont"- an organism made up of human cells ... species living inside you and on your body. Many of these microorganisms are bacteria.

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Rapidly spreading, harrowing and potentially lethal, a necrotizing soft tissue infection — so-called flesh-eating disease — “scares the living daylights” out of doctors, as several shared on a ...