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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute?
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2 .The human microbiome is the community of tiny organisms that live on us and inside us.
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3 .These critters play vital roles in our health.
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4 .They calibrate our immune systems, ward off pathogenic bacteria, even affect our weight.
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5 .But if we stop the navel gazing, literally, because some scientists are actually measuring belly button bacteria,
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6 .there's a whole lot to be found in the microbiomes of other organisms, too.
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7 .Take the pesky mosquito.
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8 .A few years back, scientists found a soil microbe called Chromobacterium Csp_P living in the guts of mosquitoes in Panama.
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9 .Upon further study, the researchers say this mosquito-occupant could be a remarkably versatile weapon to fight malaria and dengue fever.
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10 .Because Chromobacterium shortens the lifespan of disease-transmitting mosquito species that harbor it; and kills their larvae outright.
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11 .It also reduces mosquitoes' ability to catch the dengue virus, or the malarial parasite;and it kills both pathogens in the lab.
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12 .Those findings are in the journal PLoS Pathogens.
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13 .The researchers say this Chromobacterium strain could someday guide the development of new drugs.
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14 .Or serve as a more environmentally-friendly stand-in for pesticides.
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15 .But they also say that, as with many disease-control strategies, there's no one silver bullet.
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16 .Drugs, vaccines, and education will still be crucial to keeping mosquito-borne killers in check.
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17 .Along with good old vector control: in this case, fighting bugs with bugs.
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18 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata.
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