Monday, January 09, 2006
Next from David Attenborough- Life in the Stomach Lining
A whole unknown community of bacteria make their home in the human stomach, it has been discovered.
Scientists had believed that the acid in stomachs made them inhospitable.
But the discovery of the ulcer-causing bacteria H.pylori led Stanford University scientists to explore this undiscovered world.
The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences study even found a bacteria related to one previously detected in radioactive waste sites.
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posted by I at 7:17 am
