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    The microbiome: a body’s ecosystem

    Jul 28, 2022 2 minutes
    WITH EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGIST JV CHAMARY

    Any defined habitat, from the soil beneath a plant to the surface of human skin, will contain a community of microorganisms living together: the microbiome. When those microbes occur in and around an animal’s body, they form an ecosystem that can have a huge influence on their host’s physiology, health and even behaviour.

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