Abstract: Ametaorganism is a collection of interacting organisms where the sum is not the same as the simple addition of the individual isolated parts (Relman, 2008; Webster, 2014). In fact, the gut, nasal, and lung microbiome all influence human phenotype (Redinbo, 2014). More specifically, the human gut microbiome has been linked to brain activity and to behavior (Collins et al., 2012). Similarly, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens supplementation improves feed conversion in chickens comparable to antibiotic growth promoters, by increasing villus height and cr...
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Computational biology