You may not know this, but you are home to a colony of bacteria. You may also not know it, but the health and happiness of that colony of bacteria have a direct effect on your own health and happiness. In short, if we are what we eat, then we may need to make bacteria part of our balanced breakfast.

Microbes are single-celled organisms. They are literally everywhere. Microbes are in the air we breathe, on the surfaces of everything we touch, and inside our bodies. Microbes can be bacteria, fungi, protozoa, or viruses.

A few years ago, scientists began studying the microbial life of our stomachs. Called The American Gut project, this study aims to understand the life of the bacteria that live in our digestive system. According to an article in the New York Times by Michael Pollan, the goal is to gather information on the types and amounts of bacteria in the human gut. Scientists want to describe what a normal healthy microbe and human relationship should look like inside our digestive system. While the research is still in the very early stages, scientists have learned the following:

The strongest and healthiest microbe systems are those with a lot of variety.
The guts of Americans have much less variety than the guts of other populations.
Diets that include a lot of processed foods support less variation in bacteria.
Studying the makeup of our individual bacteria communities will help scientists get a better idea of which bacteria help human bodies. We used to think that bacteria in our bodies were invaders. This new research suggests that bacteria are part of the protective army that keeps us healthy. In fact, our bodies have a hard time recovering from medicines like antibiotics because they disrupt the balance of helpful bacteria. It seems clear from the early evidence that living with bacteria helps us resist invasion from things that make us sick.

Scientists have also learned that microbes might help our guts do things like process vitamins and important nutrients. Some microbes may help us deal with stress, or adapt to changes. Furthermore, there may come a time—in your lifetime—when illness is treated not with antibiotics, but with extra-special microbes that help us defend our bodies from illness.









Based on "A Brief Study of Guts," which best summarizes the goal of new research into bacteria and microbes?
A. To collect a wide variety of microbes in all mammals including humans
B. To find ways to increase our intake of helpful microbes
C. To find evidence to decrease the use of antibacterial soap
D. To understand how microbes populate the human body and what benefit they provide

Answer:

The Right answer is To understand how microbes populate the human body and what benefit they provide.

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer:

D.

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Nielson Media Research wants to estimate the mean amount of time (in minutes) that full-time college students spend watching television each weekday. Find the sample size necessary to estimate that mean with a 15-minute sampling error. Assume 96% confidence level is desired. Also assume that a pilot study showed that the standard deviation is estimated to be 112.2 minutes.

What is the area of the parallelogram?

A parallelogram with base of 20 centimeters, height of 15 centimeters, and side length 21 centimeters.
82 centimeters squared
300 centimeters squared
315 centimeters squared
420 centimeters squared

Banu will build a fence around a rectangular
30-foot-by-25-foot play area. Given that fencing costs
$4.05 per foot, how much will the fencing cost for
Banu to completely surround the play area?

a square with 4 congruent isocelies triangles if the length of x is 12 what's the length of the feet

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Peggy is p years old. ​ ​Maggie is 1 year less than 1/4 of Peggy's age. ​ ​What is Maggie's age in terms of p?
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A triangle has an area of 36 square feet. The height is 6 feet. What is the length of the base (in feet)?

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The formula for compound interest is:

Where:

A = the future value of the investment (including interest)
P = the principal investment amount (the initial deposit amount)
r = the annual interest rate (decimal)
n = the number of times that interest is compounded per year
t = the number of years the money is invested for

If Josh invests $500 in a 5-year fixed interest savings bond that pays 5% per annum, how much will his entire investment be worth at the end of the term?

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14 out of 49 as a percentage

What is the formula for calculating Cone?​

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The area for the trapezoid is__in2.

If y varies inversely with x
and y is 10 when x is 5,
then what is y when x is 2?

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What is the diameter of a sphere with a volume of 616 ft", to the nearest tenth of a
foot?

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If X = 3 units, Y = 3 units, and Z = 4 units, then what is the surface area of the right triangular pyramid shown above?

What is the difference between a square and a rectangle?

a
A rectangle has equal sides and a square does not.
b
A square has congruent sides and a rectangle does not.
c
A square has 4 right angles and a rectangle does not.
d
A rectangle has 4 right angles and a square does not.

lines that do not meet with each other

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When Jack, Jill, and Bill each came down the hill carrying a 48-ounce
bucket full of water. By the time they reached the bottom, Jack's bucket
was only 3/4 full. How much water did Jack spill?
14 oz.
O 12 oz.
O 3/48 oz
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What is the rate of change of the function shown on the
graph? Round to the nearest tenth.
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