Forensic role for hand bacteria

[willawake]

Researchers in the US discovered that the "communities" of bacteria living on a person's skin are different for each individual.

The team took swabs from keyboards and were able to match the bacteria they found to the computer owners.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8570054.stm

ewww

[mattch]

Re: Forensic role for hand bacteria

"This suggests that the collective genomes of [these microbes] may be more personally identifying than our own human genomes."

neato

[NxB]

Re: Forensic role for hand bacteria

Anti bacterial soap, anyone.

[seanc]

Re: Forensic role for hand bacteria

It's the keyboard that needs it more than the hands...

[ratdude747]

Re: Forensic role for hand bacteria

wear gloves!

[Junk Parts]

Re: Forensic role for hand bacteria

This is cool. It does stand to reason that we would each have our own versions of bacteria. I bet you see them use this little tidbit to solve a case on CSI in the next few months. Have you every noticed that the dark haired girl on one of those CSI or is it Bones never getsa scare??? I mean she's been shot. Just the other week I think she got a busted arm and a nasty cut on her forhead. But the next show it was like it never happened. She was perfect again.