{
  "name": "Bacteria in the human body by organ: concentration, volume and order-of-magnitude upper bound",
  "desc": "Order-of-magnitude upper bounds for the number of bacteria in seven body sites, from measured concentrations and organ volumes.",
  "lic": "CC BY 4.0",
  "lic_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
  "by": "Ants, Cells & Atoms",
  "url": "https://antscellsandatoms.com/scale/how-many-bacteria-in-the-human-body/",
  "from": [
    "values typed from Sender 2016 Table 1"
  ],
  "how": "Compiled by Ants, Cells & Atoms from the data listed",
  "data_by": [
    "Sender R, Fuchs S, Milo R 2016, PLoS Biology 14(8):e1002533, CC BY 4.0, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002533 (Table 1; retrieved 2026-10-24)"
  ]
}