Good Bugs In Our Body

The flora in our gut is sometimes referred to as the forgotten organ to highlight their important metabolic and protective roles. These microorganisms, over 99% of which are bacteria, are present in a quantity tenfold greater than the total number of cells in our body, and are estimated to contain about one hundred times as many genes in aggregate as there are in the human genome.



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