Challenges  of  modern  agriculture  

Yield      

Quality    

Sustainability    

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The  human  microbiome  

1  human  cell:  10  bacterial  cells    1  human  gene:  100  bacterial  genes  

The  concept  of  human  as  a  superorganism  

To   characterize   microbial   communi4es   found   at   mul4ple  human   body   sites   and   to   look   for   correla4ons   between  changes  in  the  microbiome  and  human  health.  

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