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The human microbiome means community of tiny organisms that live on us and inside us. These creators play a vital role in our health. They calibrate1 our min-systems, ward2 off pathogenic bacteria, even affect our weight. But if we stop nabogazing, literally3, because some scientists are actually measuring bell button bacteria. There is a whole of to be found in the microbiomes of other organisms, too. Take the pesky mosquito .
A few years back, scientists found a soil microbiome, called como bacteria CSPP, living in the guts4 of mosquito in Panama. Apart from the study, the researchers say mosquito occupants could be a remarkable5 versatile6 weapon to fight malaria7 and dengue fever. Because como bacteria shorten the life span of disease transmitting mosquito species the habor it and kill their lavi out right.It also reduce mosquito's ability to catch the dengue virus or the malarial8 parasides and kill both pathogenes in the lab.
Those findings are in the journal 'Plots Passage'. Researchers say those como bacteria stream could some day guide the development of new drugs or serve more environmentally friendly standin for pest sides. But they also says, as many diseases control stradegy, there is no ones overbow it. Drugs,vaccines and education will still be crucial to keeping mosquito born killers9 in check, along with good old control. In this case,fighting bugs10 with bugs.
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1 calibrate | |
校准;使合标准;测量(枪的)口径 | |
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n.守卫,监护,病房,行政区,由监护人或法院保护的人(尤指儿童);vt.守护,躲开 | |
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3 literally | |
adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 | |
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4 guts | |
v.狼吞虎咽,贪婪地吃,飞碟游戏(比赛双方每组5人,相距15码,互相掷接飞碟);毁坏(建筑物等)的内部( gut的第三人称单数 );取出…的内脏n.勇气( gut的名词复数 );内脏;消化道的下段;肠 | |
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5 remarkable | |
adj.显著的,异常的,非凡的,值得注意的 | |
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adj.通用的,万用的;多才多艺的,多方面的 | |
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患疟疾的,毒气的 | |
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凶手( killer的名词复数 ); 消灭…者; 致命物; 极难的事 | |
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10 bugs | |
adj.疯狂的,发疯的n.窃听器( bug的名词复数 );病菌;虫子;[计算机](制作软件程序所产生的意料不到的)错误 | |
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