Our feet provide the ideal habitat for billions of microbes, theyre invisible to the naked eye. But when we look at them through a microscope, we can identify 3 main groups. Bacteria, viruses, and funky. Many hundreds of different kinds of bacteria live in our feet. Thats normal, but when there are too many of certain kinds, it becomes a problem. Thats when our feet start to smell. One of the guilty culprits is the bacterium stuff in the caucus epidermis. It actually feeds on sweat as it breaks down the sweat. You trick acid is formed, and that smells, these bacteria also live in other parts of the body, like the armpits. But feet are especially prone to them, because they are often trapped in socks and shoes where its warm and damp. The best conditions for them to multiply the result, stinky, feed. Its unpleasant, especially for others but not itself harmful. Now to the 2nd group, countless viruses live on our feet, but the human papilloma virus, or h p. V, especially liked the hard s