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Number of skin cells (for total number of cells in body, 3e+13, see BNIDS 113005, 113006)

Value	1.1e+11 cells
Organism	Human Homo sapiens
Reference	Amazing numbers in biology, Rainer Flindt, Springer 2006, p. 212
Primary Source	see list of primary sources in book mentioned in Reference
Comments	Dividing number of bacteria on the skin (10^12 BNID 105712) by this value gives a ratio of ~10 'skin' bacteria to one skin cell.
Entered by	Phil Mongiovi
ID	101734