Scientists Think They’ve Discovered A New Domain Of Life In The Human Gut

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Our guts are home to trillions of bacteria, and possibly even new forms of life. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory - PNNL/Flickr (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Considering that scientists are only able to grow an estimated one percent of known microbes in the lab, many suspect that there are plenty of new forms of life yet to be discovered, the so called “dark matter” of life. Now, a new study has hinted at the possibility that some of these unknown forms might be residing closer to home than imagined – in our own guts.