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Science and Nature

We're Mainly Microbe: Meet Your Microbiome

Join Joe Hanson as he explores curiosity and illuminates the science behind… well, everything.

We're Mainly Microbe: Meet Your Microbiome

Season 1 Episode 5 | 3m 53s

Ever not felt completely like yourself? There's a good reason for that. Because a large part of you isn't actually you. Our bodies are home to ten times as many microbes as human cells. We are walking ecosystems, each of us home to thousands of different species on and inside of us. Meet your microbiome!

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