Microbiome - The Little Things May Mean a Lot

A “microbiome” is all the microbes (bacteria, fungi, viruses and their genes) living in a specific environment, and how they all interact with each other. Animals have several microbiomes. There’s an oral microbiome (the mouth and all the microbes in it), as well as nasal, respiratory, rumen, intestinal, vaginal, rectal and skin microbiomes. The various microbiomes interact with each other as well as the host animal.Animals are outnumbered by these microbial tenants. I call mys