Follow your gut : the enormous impact of tiny microbes /

Knight, Rob (Researcher)

Follow your gut : the enormous impact of tiny microbes / Enormous impact of tiny microbes Rob Knight with Brendan Buhler. - First TED Books hardcover edition. - 114 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 99-114).

The body microbial ; How we get our microbiome ; In sickness and in health ; The gut-brain axis ; A brief history of bugs ; Hacking your microbiome ; Antibiotics ; The future ; The American gut ; The science (and art) of microbiome mapping.

You are made up of about 10 trillion human cells-- but there are about 100 trillion microbial cells in and on your body. Knight and Buhler examine the links between our microbes and numerous diseases, and show how microbes are integrated into almost all aspects of our lives. Learn how microscopic life inside us influences our health, mood, and more.

1476784744 9781476784748

2015297262


Human body--Microbiology.
Intestines--Microbiology--Popular works.
Microorganisms.

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