Healthy Microbes, Healthy Lives

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  • Kylene Guse
  • Mary Schmidl

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The relationship between humans and microbes is complicated. Most often, when we think about microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses, we think about the harm they can do--and rightfully so. Yet, we often forget, or maybe don’t even realize, that the human body is partly made of microbes! Humans have about 20,000 genes but astonishingly, scientists believe we are made up of 2-20 million microbial genes (Knight 2019).

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Kylene Guse

MA, PhD student in Human Nutrition at the University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, is currently studying the microbiome of fermented foods including lacto-fermented vegetables and kombucha, and their impact on the human gut microbiome.

Mary Schmidl

Is the Past President of the International Union of Food Science and Technology (IUFoST), Past President of the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) and Adjunct Professor, Department of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN

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2021-10-29

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