Chapter 24.1, Problem 3MQ

Summary Introduction

A microbiome is defined as the functional collection of different microbes in a particular environmental system. “Microbiota” is used to refer the type of organisms that are present in that particular system. Human body contains around ten times more the number of microbes than it contains cells. Mostly the microbe’s present in humans form the normal flora but some of them present can be pathogenic. That is why it is important to know the type of microbes present in the microbiome and also the functions performed by it.