99% of Microbiome Germs Are Mysterious

99% of Microbiome Germs Are Mysterious

Science has discovered, by identifying the tiny pieces of DNA from bacteria in our brains and muscles and organs, that we are absolutely swarming with germs that we depend on to live (Microbiome). We also know that antibiotics kill some of those germs, and we don’t even know what their function is. But we do know that there is one particular germ in the microbiome that influences the liver to produce anti-cancer enzymes. The purpose of this recording is to explain to you what they’ve learned about these mystery germs and what the impact is, in the discovery that we cannot grow or study 99% of the germs that make up our microbiome.

99% of Microbiome Germs Are Mysterious

99% of Microbiome Germs Are Mysterious
We thought if a germ didn’t grow, that it didn’t exist. Now we know that 99% of germs won’t grow on a dish.
Dr Erik Johnson is a Marietta, Georgia Veterinarian with a practice in small animal medicine. He graduated from University of Georgia with his Doctorate in 1991. Dr Johnson is the author of several texts on Koi and Pond Fish Health and Disease as well as numerous articles on dog and cat health topics.