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[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Average tablespoon then.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

Not by a long shot. Only the digestive tract has a ton of bacteria in it. Bacteria elsewhere is called an infection.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago

There are about 38 trillion bacteria in the average human. The volume of the average human is about 4500 U.S. tablespoons. Thus an average tablespoon of human has 8.4 billion bacteria in it.

Any specific tablespoon will vary greatly, that's why I said average tablespoon.

[-] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

So you're not taking a random tablespoon, but averaging the bacteria. That's a different setup.

[-] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

Yeah, not a random specific tablespoon of a specific human; a generalized average count based on a tablespoon of average human.

The average human has less than 2 legs, less than two nipple, and less than one testicle.

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