TheTechnician27 91 points 21 days ago
Found the article. (or at least it seems to be, given it studies "60 samples of belly buttons" and finds "2368 phylotypes of bacteria". I don't see anything in this study about "1458 bacteria completely new to science" or anything about the Japanese soil thing.
It's entirely possible I'm looking at the wrong study, but generally, it's a safe assumption that the source for memes like this is a half-remembered telephone game at best.
maltasoron 21 points 20 days ago
I think this article is the source: The Atlantic (archived)
But there's no oil from Japan, only bacteria found in soil from Japan.
Edit: the website from the research team is still up.
Einskjaldi -31 points 21 days ago
Bacteria aren't classified as species for a reason, discovering new kind isn't terribly remarkable.
TheTechnician27 49 points 21 days ago
I don't know where you're getting the idea that "bacteria aren't claasified as species".
They definitely, definitely are. That "coli" in "E. coli" is its specific name.
Streptococcus mutans, for example, the oral bacteria that metabolizes sugar into lactic acid causing dental carries, is kingdom Bacillati, phylum Bacillota, class Bacilli, order Lactobacillales, family Streptococcaceae, and then obviously genus Streptococcus and species S. mutans.
UnfortunateShort 55 points 21 days ago
What if we 👉👈
What if we explored our belly buttons? 👉👈
ivanafterall 18 points 21 days ago
You might not like what you find.
OwOarchist 6 points 20 days ago
But maybe I will like what I find?
ivanafterall 7 points 20 days ago
Only one way to find out.
Salamanderwizard 2 points 20 days ago
Won't get me to say that abbreviation out loud.
Salamanderwizard 3 points 20 days ago
I hate that I laughed. Goddamnit.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA 41 points 21 days ago
it is, by flavor.
UltraGiGaGigantic 10 points 21 days ago
I got holes if they got interest
FreshParsnip 9 points 20 days ago
Sounds like a job for the naval criminal investigative service
hakunawazo 5 points 20 days ago
somebody2152 8 points 20 days ago
Man, I never get to use 'omphaloskepsizing' in a sentence, and then this post comes along to brighten my day.
now what about the source?
Mouselemming 7 points 21 days ago
Someone's been bumping bellybuttons
GreenCrunch 6 points 21 days ago
they are, but then they make new accounts on different instances, rinse and repeat...
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