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The human microbiomes can be seen as “the entire collection of genes found in all of the microbes associated with a particular host” and the entire “collection of microbes that live in the human habitat”. These microbial associations have specific locations and functions. Skin diseases are frequently associated with a destabilization of skin microbes. In oral health, the current and frequent approach “to maintain oral health relies on the concept of stabilizing oral microbiota” in a compatible state with health. Intestines and colon contain the “densest known microbial communities on Earth”, and changes in its composition have associated to disease such as “irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease, allergic diseases” and “autoimmune disorders, diabetes, obesity and gastrointestinal cancer”.
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Zaccheo, A., Palmaccio, E., Venable, M., Locarnini-Sciaroni, I., Parisi, S. (2017). The Human Microbiomes. In: Food Hygiene and Applied Food Microbiology in an Anthropological Cross Cultural Perspective. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44975-3_8
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