The
human body is home to trillions of microorganisms, from bacteria to
fungi. Some of these perform useful functions for us, like the flora
living in our gut that aid gut development and help train the immune
system. Even those that have no effect aid us just by being there - they
compete for resources with harmful microorganisms like C. difficile,
limiting their growth.
These microorganisms can
make for fascinating photos, but microscopic photos are
incomprehensible when you don't know what you're looking at. The yellow
column in this photo is a hair, and the green objects are tails.
This is a photo of the face mites that live in your eyelashes, eyebrows and hairs in your ears.
Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis measure around 0.03-0.04mm and
live for about two weeks. They are more commonly found on older people
than children, as older people produce more sebum (an oily substance
produced by the skin to lubricate and waterproof it), which they feed
on. They assume a head-in tail-out position in the follicle, but remain
able to move between follicles. Though a minority of people can get
reactions such as inflammations, most people live in unknowing harmony
with these guests.
Photo credit: Science Photo Library.
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The
human body is home to trillions of microorganisms, from bacteria to
fungi. Some of these perform useful functions for us, like the flora
living in our gut that aid gut development and help train the immune
system. Even those that have no effect aid us just by being there - they
compete for resources with harmful microorganisms like C. difficile,
limiting their growth.
These microorganisms can
These microorganisms can
make for fascinating photos, but microscopic photos are
incomprehensible when you don't know what you're looking at. The yellow
column in this photo is a hair, and the green objects are tails.
This is a photo of the face mites that live in your eyelashes, eyebrows and hairs in your ears.
Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis measure around 0.03-0.04mm and live for about two weeks. They are more commonly found on older people than children, as older people produce more sebum (an oily substance produced by the skin to lubricate and waterproof it), which they feed on. They assume a head-in tail-out position in the follicle, but remain able to move between follicles. Though a minority of people can get reactions such as inflammations, most people live in unknowing harmony with these guests.
Photo credit: Science Photo Library.
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This is a photo of the face mites that live in your eyelashes, eyebrows and hairs in your ears.
Demodex folliculorum and Demodex brevis measure around 0.03-0.04mm and live for about two weeks. They are more commonly found on older people than children, as older people produce more sebum (an oily substance produced by the skin to lubricate and waterproof it), which they feed on. They assume a head-in tail-out position in the follicle, but remain able to move between follicles. Though a minority of people can get reactions such as inflammations, most people live in unknowing harmony with these guests.
Photo credit: Science Photo Library.
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