Microbiome

Human Microbiomes

The Human Microbiome is the aggregate of all microbiota residing on or in human tissues and bio fluids together with the corresponding anatomical sites where they are located, including skin, mammary glands, seminal fluid, uterus, ovarian follicles, lungs, saliva, mucosa conjunctiva, bile duct, and digestive tract. The Microbiome is the genetic material of all the microbes - bacteria, fungi, protozoa, and viruses - that live on and in the human body. The number of genes in all the microbes in one person's Microbiome is 200 times the number of genes in the human genome. These organisms affect human physiology, in both health and disease, contributing to the enhancement or disturbance of metabolic and immune functions. Newborns get their first Microbiome from their mother at birth. During that trip, the newborn is completely covered in bacteria, giving him a new Microbiome.