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This is Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata. Got a minute?

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The human microbiome is the community of tiny organisms that live on us and inside us.

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These critters play vital roles in our health.

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They calibrate our immune systems, ward off pathogenic bacteria, even affect our weight.

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But if we stop the navel gazing, literally, because some scientists are actually measuring belly button bacteria,

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there's a whole lot to be found in the microbiomes of other organisms, too.

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Take the pesky mosquito.

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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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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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Because Chromobacterium shortens the lifespan of disease-transmitting mosquito species that harbor it; and kills their larvae outright.

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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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Those findings are in the journal PLoS Pathogens.

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The researchers say this Chromobacterium strain could someday guide the development of new drugs.

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Or serve as a more environmentally-friendly stand-in for pesticides.

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But they also say that, as with many disease-control strategies, there's no one silver bullet.

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Drugs, vaccines, and education will still be crucial to keeping mosquito-borne killers in check.

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Along with good old vector control: in this case, fighting bugs with bugs.

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Thanks for the minute, for Scientific American 60-Second Science. I'm Christopher Intagliata.

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