Staph Germs Hide Out In The Hidden Recesses Of Your Nose

  • Sünje Johanna Pamp

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Description

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine voyaged up the nose to meet the natives — the bacteria that live in these warm, dark places. They found that staph germs just love the middle and upper nose cavity, much more so than the relatively arid nostrils.

Subject

Your Health
Period11 Dec 2013

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Keywords

  • Staphylococcus aureus
  • Microbiome
  • Microbial Ecology