RT Book, Section A1 Levinson, Warren A1 Chin-Hong, Peter A1 Joyce, Elizabeth A. A1 Nussbaum, Jesse A1 Schwartz, Brian SR Print(0) ID 1171923590 T1 The Human Microbiome T2 Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e YR 2020 FD 2020 PB McGraw Hill PP New York, NY SN 9781260116717 LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171923590 RD 2024/11/05 AB The human microbiome is the term used to describe the distinct microbial communities that inhabit different host environments on the body’s skin and mucosal surfaces. Historically, microbiologists referred to microbial populations routinely found on and in the body as normal flora. The term microbiome also encompasses all of the genetic material associated with these normal constituents. As you will read below, the genetic capabilities of any given normal flora organism can have profound and important impacts on the interactions that the microbe has with the host. The establishment of the human microbiome is initiated immediately after birth and is a necessary and normal part of human development.