395: Many Microbiome Mindsets

This episode: Five different ways of thinking about our
relationship with our microbes!


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Show notes:
Microbe of the episode: Tuhoko rubulavirus 3

News item

Takeaways
The microbiome by itself is an amazingly complicated community of
many different species, with different lifestyles and
metabolisms, all living together in competition and cooperation.
On top of that, interactions between the microbiome and our body
and our lifestyle multiply the complexity even more.

This article explores five different views of the microbiome and
how it fits into our body (or how the body fits in with the
microbiome). From the organ view to the ecosystem view, each is a
different way of looking at the different functions, dynamic
patterns, and integration of the microbiome in its host, and each
provides guidance for how to approach treatment of disease and
maintenance of health.

Journal Paper:
Morar N, Bohannan BJM. 2019. The Conceptual Ecology of the Human
Microbiome. The Quarterly Review of Biology 94:149–175.


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