Article didn’t say you could identify someone. It said that on nine computer mice the bacterial colonies were “significantly more similar” to communities on owners’ hands than to a data base of 270 other hand bacterial communities.
We don’t know how specific “significantly more similar is.”
Article also says criminals need not be worried. Yet.
What if I wear gloves when I commit the crime? In publishing this you may be tipping off the criminals.
I think bacteria are going to be around long after humans are not.
Article didn’t say you could identify someone. It said that on nine computer mice the bacterial colonies were “significantly more similar” to communities on owners’ hands than to a data base of 270 other hand bacterial communities.
We don’t know how specific “significantly more similar is.”
Article also says criminals need not be worried. Yet.
Thanks, Linda. I won’t worry about wearing gloves for now.
They had an interesting story on NPR today (Fresh Air) about the emergence of MSRA. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=124999740
I’m always amazed at how few people seem to bother to wash their hands.
This gives a whole new meaning to the phrase, “You bug me.”