Your navel there is a whole ecosystem

A group of scientists from the University of North Carolina (USA), Museum of Natural Sciences, North Carolina, students and scientific bloggers organized a study entitled "Biodiversity navel» (Belly Button Biodiversity, BBB), to fight the stereotype of "all bacteria are harmful" and tell people that each of them is a carrier of small world in its own navel.

Navel - an ideal place for bacteria prosperity: it is isolated, and most people do not particularly care about his daily hygiene. Therefore, there is great feeling thousands of bacteria forming in the navel whole unique ecosystem.

Researchers have already found 2368 different species of bacteria, taking swabs from different people. Study of species diversity umbilical bacteria continues.

via factroom.ru