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The Conceptual Ecology of the Human Microbiome

2019-05-20

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It has become increasingly clear that there is a vast array of microorganisms on and in the human body, known collectively as the human microbiome. Our microbiomes are extraordinarily complex, and this complexity has been linked to human health and well-being. Given the complexity and importance of our microbiomes, we struggle with how to think about them. There is a long list of competing metaphors that we use to...

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Literature Corpus work: 36f7896d-6775-5a8f-85a4-aeaff796a2df
DOI: 10.1086/703582

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