Question

The number of bacterial cells in the human body ______ the number of cells that are a part of the human body.

• A. is lesser than
• B. is greater than
• C. is equal to
• D. is zero when compared to

Answer 1

The correct option is B

is greater than

Even though most books mention that there are ten times more bacterial cells than human cells, this number is exaggerated. Research as of 2018 suggests that an average man would have about 30 trillion human cells and 39 trillion bacterial cells living among the human cells. So the ratio of human to bacterial cells would be 1:1.3. So we can say that bacterial cells outnumber the human cells in the body.