Microbiology: Online Resources

A booklet from National Academies.

The aim of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) is to characterize microbial communities found at multiple human body sites and to look for correlations between changes in the microbiome and human health.

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One of the 27 research institutes that make up the NIH (National Health Institutes)

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