Perhaps there is also a direct correlation between this microbiome and longevity in the so-called "blue zones" of the world like Okinawa, Sardinia etc.
We are what we eat.
> We are what we eat.
putting together a theory on how bacteria organized multicellular life to exploit our macro-movements and proliferate between damp spots
Some of the blue zones were disproven, due to falsified documentation or lack of it.
IIRC there are several of the "Blue Zones" where just bad government records. (People who had incorrect birth dates, or had already died and the government just didn't know about it)