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Re:Mitochondria Are Alive by Rumudiez on Friday November 08, 2024 @03:15PM (#42090103)
> [discovered in] gut bacteria from a researcher’s pet chinchilla

wow. we could be surrounded by so many extraordinary organisms and not even know it because there's so much variety just in our own backyards

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Re:Mitochondria Are Alive by satvikpendem on Friday November 08, 2024 @05:14PM (#42090891)
There was a study where participants were asked to swab their belly buttons and lots of new organisms were found.

https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/12/1-458-bac...

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