Mayor of Microbe Metropolis

• Autores: Jop de Vrieze
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2969, 2014, págs. 42-45
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • There they are: his microbes. He feels like his someone who's just been introduced to a group of lost relatives. Staring through a microscope, he sees a cluster of Staphylococcus epidermidis bacteria sitting together in a Petri dish. They look like a bunch of grapes. Until yesterday, they were living in his armpit. Here, Vrieze examines how microbiome emerges alongside genetics, lifestyle and people's environment as a major factor influencing one's health.