• Question: how many germs are on the human body (roughly) ?

    Asked by 101owen101 to Jonathan, Samantha, Sam on 5 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Jonathan Kay

      Jonathan Kay answered on 5 Jul 2012:

      About a hundred trillion in our gut.

      About a trillion on our skin, from about 1,000 different species.

    • Photo: Samantha Weaver

      Samantha Weaver answered on 5 Jul 2012:

      Don’t worry though – all these germs are ‘good germs’ and shouldn’t cause you any problems!

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