An estimated 10 to 100 trillion (1013-1014) bacteria and archaea inhabit the human gut as well as the 1014-1015 associated bacteriophages not to mention other viruses and other parasitic microbes.
We are not alone ! These flora contribute to health and disease, and are as much a part of us as our own cells and tissues. Microbiomes are justifiably a new hot research topic
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