Our Bodys Microbial Garden. How do our microflora affect us?

Be sure to do the following before starting your discussion:

Go to

and learn about Human Microbiome Project. Go to https://www.bbc.com/news/health-18422288 and listen to the BBC radio program on Human Microbiomes.

Read these articles:

Based what you have learned from the website, article, and chapter 14 (Tortora) about microflora, write a two paragraph discussion on how microflora influence our health and what can we do to sustain a healthy microflora in our body.

Read your classmates’ postings, and respond to at least two of them. Do not cut and paste. Using 5 or more words from another source without quoting and referencing it is considered plagiarism and will result in a zero grade earned for the assignment. Use APA formatting and at least two references.

For an A: Initial response reflects the readings and outside information and is well-developed according to the assignment; fully addresses all aspects of the task.

Uses APA references with in text citations in quotation marks to readings, or personal experience, and outside source material to support comments.

Contributes valuable information in explicit, concise comments formatted in an easy-to-read style free of grammatical or spelling errors.