Is it possible that when people say they can sense the "temperament" or “charisma” of others, they are actually unconsciously influenced by the microbial clouds of others?

The clouds can be influenced by others' by a physically close interaction, and microbes may shape human behavior or even cognition (http://www.journalofpsychiatricresearch.com/article/S0022-3956(15)00065-5/pdf). Do you think...

An interesting study and a fantastic example of well documented, reproducible code. Thank you, James et al!

re: contaminants. I took a look at your supplement and Rcode, and noticed lots of Halomonas. Is this sourced from the Phusion polymerase? I ask as I'm seeing similar trends in my initial wave of MiSeq data. Did you ever contact the manufacturer or look further into this?

Also, why do...

I have a scent discriminating search and rescue dog who can find specific scent in complex environments. I've challenged her at the entrance to a Walmart to find the scent of one specific individual through the morass of old and new scent from the thousands who have walked through the entrance and found her capable. I'll bet that she would not be surprised by your results. I'd be very curious if...

I totally believe in this cloud, but what is the likely hood that a bad cloud could penetrate other people's cloud and cause an allergic response reaction. I think this would be more than likely and would explain the concept of PATM (people are allergic to me), which is something that has given me grief

Future testing & animal research

Do our bacterial clouds play any part or exhibit any behavior in the choosing of a mate, or even friends? Like, do our particulates behave positively or negatively based on the makeup of our peers clouds? Like love at first sight, or the anxious, uneasy feeling you get from that odd person in a crowd, like at the store or a bus/subway. That would be something interesting to investigate.