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1 .This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick. Got a minute?
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2 .Do fungi have a foot fetish?
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3 .When researchers mapped the fungal species living on the surface of the human body, they found the skin on the feet harbors the most diverse fungal community.
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4 .The work is in the journal Nature.
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5 .Our skins play host to a huge variety of microbes, but previous studies focused on bacteria.
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6 .To expand that, researchers took skin scrapings from 10 healthy adult volunteers.
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7 .They collected these samples from 14 different sites on the body, including the scalp, around the ears and nose, along the limbs, and three sites on the feet.
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8 .In most of these locations, a single genus of fungi called Malassezia dominated.
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9 .But several different genera thrived on the feet.
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10 .Perhaps because feet come into direct contact with the environment often,
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11 .spend part of their time inside warm, moist shoes and don't get washed nearly as much as hands.
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12 .Fungal diversity did not correspond with bacterial diversity.
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13 .Clearly, different microbes prefer different types of skin.
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14 .Understanding these preferences could help treat skin diseases, leaving our hides footloose and infection-free.
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15 .Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Sophie Bushwick .
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