Rain Forest Dwellers and Urbanites Have Consistently Different Microbiomes

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Rain Forest Dwellers and Urbanites Have Consistently Different Microbiomes

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A study done in South America found that with increasing population density, humans had more diversity of fungi on the skin but less microbial diversity in the gut.

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