Belly Button Bacteria

 

h/t: In the hunt for new antibiotics, the genius of simplicity, by Carl Zimmer on STAT;

 

StarBear’s BellyButton Found!

All Belly Buttons come from Africa…Check out Cmdr Chris Hadfield’s tweet to see this African meteor impact crater.

Unleash the Krater!

…on a tangent: there is an expression in Afrikaans: Om ‘n krater van jouself te maak, which translates to making a bellybutton? of yourself…the Greek definition sounds like more fun.

Hat Tip to the micro biome in each and every belly button, and to the inspirational teeny flightless feathered dinosaur,

Eosinopteryx

 

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• Discovering my microbiome: “You my friend, are a wonderland”, by Carl Zimmer, 2011 (Discover Magazine)