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The BBC reported today about the necessity of Micro Flora in our intestines to be vibrant.

This is so important for all or our health, because as the article describes below, we are living in complete symbiosis with over 40 species of 'good bacteria' that produce many health factors for us as a species.

If we take anti-biotics in our life, or drink alcohol or take prescription drugs, which is mostly everybody, it is important to replenish our bacterial micro flora through the ingestion of probiotics. Probiotics are the name of the healthy bacteria that we need to make sure we are constantly re-seeding so that our body can have its symbiotic partners for health. It is kind of like an army of different species whose sole mission is to keep you healthy, since you are providing a home for them (this is the definition of Symbiosis.)


The human gut holds microbes containing millions of genes, say scientists.

In fact, there are more genes in the flora in the intestinal system than the rest of our bodies. So many that they are being dubbed our "second genome".

A study published in the journal Nature details the analysis of the genes, carried out to better understand how the gut flora is affected by disease.

"Basically, we are a walking bacterial colony," said Professor Jeroen Raes, one of the researchers involved.

"There is a huge diversity. We have about 100 times more microbial genes than human genes in the body. We also have 10 times more bacterial cells in our body than human cells," he told BBC News. Most of the microbes present in our bodies live in the gut.


We're basically living in symbiosis with these microbes
Professor Jeroen Raes
The study was led by Professor Jun Wang from the Beijing Genomics Institute-Shenzhen.

Scientists from Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Spain, France and the UK also took part in the international effort, named the European MetaHIT consortium, which has been co-ordinated by Dr Stanislav Dusko Ehrlich.

"Everyone was so motivated," said Dr Dusko Ehrlich. "To have such an exciting project to run - it's a piece of cake. The work went much faster than we expected."

Professor Raes, who works at Vrike Universiteit Brussel, explained why the microbes warranted such an intensive study: "Gut flora is crucial for our health. We're basically living in symbiosis with these microbes.

"The bacteria help digest food, provide vitamins, protect us from invading pathogens. If there's a disturbance, people get all sorts of diseases such as Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis, and a link has also been made to obesity."

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