http://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article/file?id=10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.2005358&type=printable

Scientific research is beginning to catch up to what was suggested by my own direct experience some 15 years ago…

“Today, the three classical biological explanations of the individual self––the immune system, the brain, the genome––are being challenged by the new field of microbiome research. Evidence shows that our resident microbes orchestrate the adaptive immune system, influence the brain, and contribute more gene functions than our own genome. The realization that humans are not individual, discrete entities but rather the outcome of ever-changing interactions with microorganisms has consequences beyond the biological disciplines”

— How the Microbiome Challenges our Concept of Self