Microbiome
You’re in lively company. Microorganisms live in the gut, on the skin, and in the soil around a plant’s roots. Each community has its own surroundings and its own way of living.
A microbiome includes both the community and the environment it lives in. Getting to know one means looking beyond a list of names: it means understanding who lives there, how they interact, and what life in that particular place is like.
These articles will help you get acquainted, from the gut’s connections with the rest of the body to the microbial life we encounter beyond it.
Explore Microbiome articles
The Emotional Terrain
How does what we feel become part of the world within us? Explore stress, relationships, and the conversation between the gut and brain.
The Hidden Cost of Sterile Living
How clean is clean enough? Explore our changing relationship with microbial life, with room for both everyday contact with nature and the protection good hygiene provides.
Understanding the Gut and the Body’s Ecosystems
Your gut has quite a conversation going. Follow its connections with the rest of the body, and see why it helps to look beyond digestion.
What Are Soil-Borne Organisms?
What does “soil-borne” actually tell us? Get to know these microorganisms, the places they live, and why understanding their identities matters.