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Probiotics and the Microbiome<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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\n\tThe microbiome is one of the hottest topics in health research now!<\/p>\n

The term microbiome<\/em><\/span><\/strong> was coined by the Nobel laureate Joshua Lederberg. Strictly speaking, it refers to the combined genetic material of all the microbes that we are host to, whereas the actual trillions of microbes themselves are called your microbiota. But we will use the word microbiome because that is the term used by the Human Microbiome Project completed in 2011.<\/p>\n

Your microbiome is unique
\n<\/strong>Like your DNA, your microbiome is unique to you and made up of bacteria on your skin, in your mouth and crucially in your digestive system.<\/p>\n

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The digestive system or gut<\/span><\/h2>\n

Your digestive system (also referred to as the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153gut\u00e2\u20ac\u009d) comprises the:<\/h4>\n