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| Title |
Being human is a gut feeling
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Microbiome, March 2015
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| DOI | 10.1186/s40168-015-0076-7 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thiago Hutter, Carine Gimbert, Frédéric Bouchard, François-Joseph Lapointe |
| Abstract |
Some metagenomic studies have suggested that less than 10% of the cells that comprise our bodies are Homo sapiens cells. The remaining 90% are bacterial cells. The description of this so-called human microbiome is of great interest and importance for several reasons. For one, it helps us redefine what a biological individual is. We suggest that a human individual is now best described as a super-individual in which a large number of different species (including Homo sapiens) coexist. New concepts of biological individuality must extend beyond the traditional limitations of our own skin to include our resident microbes. Besides its important contributions to science, microbiome research raises philosophical questions that strike close to home. What is left of Homo sapiens? If most of our cells are not Homo sapiens cells, what does it mean to be an individual human being? In this paper, we argue that the biological individual is determined by the amount of functional integration among its constitutive parts, a definition that applies perfectly to Homo sapiens and its microbiome. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 51 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 18% |
| Canada | 5 | 10% |
| India | 4 | 8% |
| Germany | 3 | 6% |
| Australia | 3 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Ecuador | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |
| Italy | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 4 | 8% |
| Unknown | 19 | 37% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 38 | 75% |
| Scientists | 11 | 22% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 77 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 3% |
| France | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Argentina | 1 | 1% |
| Mexico | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 71 | 92% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 11 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 13% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 15 | 19% |
| Unknown | 9 | 12% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 28 | 36% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 11 | 14% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 7 | 9% |
| Philosophy | 6 | 8% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 5 | 6% |
| Other | 8 | 10% |
| Unknown | 12 | 16% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 57. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 18 April 2024.
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#200
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#8,953
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