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Robert Walker
If you are talking about individual microbes, then yes, are about a trillion of them on your skin or in your skin, so more than 100 times total number of humans on the planet.

If you mean species, then no, there are around 1000 species living on the skin of a typical human - though the actual mix varies from person to person.

Skin flora

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Robert Walker

Robert Walker

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