Dropping science
Amazing corrections. How could the original have slipped past a science editor ?
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: April 20, 2011
An earlier version of this article misstated the number of microbes relative to the number of cells in the human body. Each person shelters about 100 trillion microbes, not 10 trillion, and is made up of about 10 trillion cells, not one million.
Correction: April 23, 2011
A headline on Thursday with an article about the discovery by a group of scientists that people can be classified by the bacteria in their digestive systems misstated the conclusions of the researchers. They reported finding three ecosystems, each involving a multitude of bacteria species, in the human gut -- not just three types of bacteria.
SCIENCE
Bacterial Ecosystems Divide People Into 3 Groups, Scientists Say
By CARL ZIMMER
Published: April 20, 2011
Scientists report that the three "enterotypes" may have discrete effects on people's health.