What is the Microbiome?
What is the Microbiome? Introduction The word "microbiome" was first used in the early 2000s, but it wasn't until recently that scientists and doctors began to understand the important role these microbes play in our health. The microbiome is the army of microbes — bacteria, fungi, and viruses — that live on and inside your body. The majority of your microbes live in your gut. There are ten times more bacterial cells in your close-knit community than there are human cells in your body — even though each individual bacterium is much smaller than a human cell. Your microbiome changes...