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The world according to MicroPopBio. 2012. How I see it. The realities of microbial diversity. The frontier of the human microbiome. The oral microbiome: http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/259/figure/F2 Our skin: http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/324/5931/1190
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The frontier of the human microbiome • The oral microbiome: • http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/259/figure/F2 • Our skin: • http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/324/5931/1190 • Our body as a whole: • http://www.sciencemag.org/content/326/5960/1694.full
What are they all doing? Who are friends and who are foes? Who are actors and who are passengers?
Where do we begin? From first principles To simple experiments
How do we measure this? From counting… To COUNTING!
To COUNTING EVEN MORE http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/311/5768/1737
And to what end? Understanding Prosperity Algae biofuels