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Miami Dade College Our Body Microbial Garden Discussion

 

I’m working on a microbiology question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.

How do our microflora affect us?

Go  to http://commonfund.nih.gov/hmp/index and learn about Human Microbiome Project. Go to https://www.bbc.com/news/health-18422288 and listen to the BBC radio program on Human Microbiomes.

Read these articles:

https://carlzimmer.com/tending-the-bodys-microbial-garden-255/

https://michaelpollan.com/articles-archive/some-of-my-best-friends-are-germs/

Based what you have learned from the website, article, and chapter 14 (Tortora) about microflora, write a two paragraph discussion on how microflora influence our health and what can we do to sustain a healthy microflora in our body.