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		blacksmith_tb on April 3, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A first look at my microbiome There are some eukaryotes, yes, e.g. Saccharomyces boulardii.

jp555 on April 4, 2014 [–]

Ah the yeasts! I recently heard that middle-eastern ancients regularly rubbed old-bread on wounds to speed recovery. Probably more for penicillin mold, but maybe the yeasts were at play as well?

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