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The Past and Future Biology of the Human Microbiome in an Age of Extinctions

Author(s) -

Martin J. Blaser

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

cell

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 26.304

H-Index - 776

eISSN - 1097-4172

pISSN - 0092-8674

DOI - 10.1016/j.cell.2018.02.040

Subject(s) - biology , microbiome , holobiont , evolutionary biology , biomedicine , multicellular organism , human microbiome , human microbiome project , ecology , sympatry , genetics , bacteria , sympatric speciation , symbiosis , gene

The evolutionary fate of humans is intimately linked with that of our microbiome. Medical and technological advances have caused large-scale changes in the composition and maturation of human-associated microbial communities, increasing our susceptibility to infectious and developmental diseases. Restoration of the human microbiome must become a priority for biomedicine.

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