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Conceptualizing Human Microbiota: From Multicelled Organ to Ecological Community

1 Jan 2008

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The microbiota of a typical, healthy human contains 10 times as many cells as the human body and incorporates bacteria, viruses, archea, protozoans, and fungi. This diverse microbiome (the collective genomes of the microbial symbionts that inhabit a human host) is essential for human functioning. We discuss the unstated assumptions and implications of current conceptualizations of human microbiota: (1) a single...

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PMID: 19259327
DOI: 10.1155/2008/613979

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