Cheese Made from Human Toe Bacteria!

THIS IS HUMAN TOE BACTERIA CHEESE!

Go ahead! EAT SOME!

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Microbiologists decided to make cheese using microbes growing on their own skin! They swabbed various parts of their bodies (armpits, toes, belly buttons) for the body’s own personal Lactobacillus bacteria, which they grew in a lab, blended it with milk, and out came CHEESE!

Cheese made from human belly button microbes.

Cheese made from human belly button microbes.

“The microbiologist used swabs from her mouth and skin, as well as from Pollan’s belly button, Eliasson’s tears and another scientist’s feet. She grew the bacteria and yeast in Petri dishes in the lab and then, once she had enough, she added them to fresh milk.” [Source]

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