"It turns out we are only 10 percent human:
for every human cell that is intrinsic to our body, there are about 10 resident microbes. ... These bacteria, which number around 100 trillion, are living (and dying) right now on the surface of my skin, on my tongue and deep in the coils of my intestine."
- Michael Pollan in "Some of my Best Friends Are Germs"
- Michael Pollan in "Some of my Best Friends Are Germs"
"Our cells are always willing to cooperate with the mind's instructions" - Deepak Chopra
To some, the human body is not only an ecosystem to an endless supply of microbes but is also a microcosm (or miniature version of the entire universe). It is an interesting idea to think that our bodies are like worlds to the microflora within them: filled with many different ecosystems which can support different species.