It’s floating all around you, all the time—a wafting cloud formed by billions of bacteria that slough off your body with every movement you make. At the Biology and the Built Environment Center at the University of Oregon, researchers have revealed that not only can they detect and catalog this personal microbial cloud, but each person’s cloud is unique.
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Produced by Luke Groskin
Music by Audio Network and Ego Plum’s Live Performance of Raymond Scott‘s “In the Hall of the Mountain Queen”
Additional Video by
The American Museum of Natural History and Microbe Stills by B. Peterson © AMNH
Special Thanks to Roxana Hickey, Jessica Green, Ashley Bateman, Clarisse Betancourt and Erin Chapman
Related Links
The Biology and the Built Environment Center
The Energy Studies and Buildings Laboratory at the University of Oregon
AMNH’s “Microbes of NY” Video
BrainCraft’s “Good Sleep = Good Gut” Video
Gross Science’s What Really Causes Cavities” Video
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About Luke Groskin
@lgroskinLuke Groskin is Science Friday’s video producer. He’s on a mission to make you love spiders and other odd creatures.