• prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    26 days ago

    Each bacteria is an individual living organism. So I’m guessing that (within this framework) the humans disappeared, but only ~50% (it would average out to 50% across the entire population) of their gut biome (or I guess any other living organism within them) disappeared.

    And as such, in people who did not disappear, ~50% (on avg) of their gut biome also disappeared.

    The math checks out…

    • Dnb@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      26 days ago

      So you are saying for the 50%who disappeared, 50% of their gut bacteria fell out (and died)