"Each tooth—and even each side of each tooth—has a different combination of species. "
"One of [the body's] tasks is breaking down complex plant molecules. "We have a pathetic number of enzymes encoded in the human genome, whereas microbes have a large arsenal"
[They have ] "discovered that people with asthma have a different collection of microbes than healthy people"
How Microbes Defend and Define Us
Researchers studying the microbiome hope they will learn enough about it to enlist it in the fight against diseases.
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