Scientists: kissing transferred millions of microbes – BBC Russian

• November 17, 2014

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French Kiss – a beautiful example of transmitting a huge number of bacteria, scientists say

In one 10-second kiss from one partner to another is transferred about 80 million bacteria, according to the Dutch scientists.

The study, whose results were published in the scientific journal Microbiome, participated 21 pair.

According to scientists, the people who were kissing at least nine times a day, in the saliva were found the same microbial community.

Scientists suggest that live in the mouth, more than 700 species of bacteria, while, according to our data, some of these bacteria are transmitted more easily than others.

Science French kiss

A team of scientists from the Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research interviewed 21 pairs to find out how often and long they kiss.

After that, the scientists took samples from the mouth of the experiment the participants to analyze the language of the microflora and saliva before and after a 10-second kiss.

The study involved 21 pairs of

One partner then had to drink a probiotic drink containing a specific microbial community.

After the second kiss, scientists can determine the amount of bacteria transferred to the partner – an average of about 80 million for one kiss.

According to the study, saliva bacteria are transmitted relatively easily, while mikloflora language remained more stable.

Professor Remco courts, organized the experiment, said: “French Kiss – a beautiful example of transmitting a huge number of bacteria per short term “.

” Such studies can help in the future to develop antibiotic therapy, “- says the scientist.

Museum of microbes

A study by Dutch scientists was held in collaboration with the world’s first museum of microbes, located in Amsterdam.

At the recently opened exhibition couples invited to kiss and immediately find information on the number of germs transmitted through kissing.

In Recently, a growing number of studies microbiome – the ecosystem of approximately 100 trillion microorganisms present in our body.

Scientists believe that studying microbiome may be the key to the treatment and prevention of many diseases.