By day, Roger Highfield is a mild-mannered science journalist, author and broadcaster. But under that crisp white lab coat beats the heart of his alter ego, Boffin...

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Bacteria

Bacteria. A worldwide war is waged every day based on the simple premise that all bacteria are bad and must be killed. But you should put down that antibacterial wipe and learn to love your bugs. After all, you are hybrid that consists of only about 10 per cent human cells. The collective bacterial genome that lurks within you is so large that it contains between 60 and 100 times as many genes as your human genome. Up to 100 trillion microbes, representing ...

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