The title of this article quickly captured my attention. The
quote “We live in this microbial soup, and a big ingredient is
our own microorganisms” sum up the article pretty well. In an
hour each person adds 37 million bacteria to the room. The air
we breath comes from the floor dusts. A study was done in
university classroom on the ground floor during a period of
eight days. During those eight days four days were occupied with
people and the remaining four days were empty. The result of the
study was that “”human occupancy was associated with
substantially increased airborne concentrations” of bacteria and
fungi of various sizes. This means that humans are the leading
carrier of bacteria. This is very interesting and makes sense
since for an example its easy for someone to catch a cold/flu
from their classmates from sitting in the same lecture hall. We
need to take care of ourselves very well and keep our immune
system in check. This book gives an interesting perspective
about the rainforest that differs fro