A new understanding of the microbiome suggest humans should think of themselves as metaorganisms Sam Falconer
YOU may, quite reasonably, think you are an individual of the species Homo sapiens. Once you have finished reading what follows, you will hopefully have been convinced that there is far more to us than that. Trillions of other organisms live on (and, more notably, in) your body. As you will see in the reports that follow, their impact on you is such that you will probably never think about yourself in the same way again. Your microbes change who you are…
