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Microbes outnumber human cells in the human body by a factor of ten.

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REFUTED

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Recent scientific re-evaluations have refuted the long-standing belief that microbes outnumber human cells by a factor of ten, demonstrating that the actual ratio is approximately one-to-one.

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Revised Estimates for the Number of Human and Bacteria Cells in the Body.

2016 · cited by 0

This study revises estimates of human and bacterial cells in the body, showing that the ratio is actually close to 1:1 rather than 10:1.

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Are We Really Vastly Outnumbered? Revisiting the Ratio of Bacterial to Host Cells in Humans.

2016 · cited by 0

This paper revisits the widely cited 10:1 bacterial-to-human cell ratio and finds that the true ratio is much closer to 1:1.

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first checked31 Jul 2026

judged → REFUTED · 1031 Jul 2026

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