Dietert, R.R. The Embodied Microbiome. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research 2023, 20, 324–339, doi:10.34297/ajbsr.2023.20.002708.
Dietert, R.R. The Embodied Microbiome. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research 2023, 20, 324–339, doi:10.34297/ajbsr.2023.20.002708.
Dietert, R.R. The Embodied Microbiome. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research 2023, 20, 324–339, doi:10.34297/ajbsr.2023.20.002708.
Dietert, R.R. The Embodied Microbiome. American Journal of Biomedical Science & Research 2023, 20, 324–339, doi:10.34297/ajbsr.2023.20.002708.
Abstract
Microbes are the most prevalent and widely-distributed life form on planet Earth. They are also cognitive organisms with memory and superior problem-solving skills that use quantum phase transitions during their remarkably-effective gathering and dissemination of information. This narrative review explores the biological ramifications of human holobionts physically embodying the human microbiome and connecting to the Internet of Microbes (IOM) beyond our body. Within the review, we consider: 1) the ways in which our microbial co-partners exerted control over our ancestors and continue to influence our current human generation, 2) how they mold virtually every key aspect of our life and even remain with our body in death and 3) how inward-looking contemplative tools such as meditation and embodied cognition provide an ideal opportunity to connect to the microbial information super highway and tap the full range of human holobiont capacities.
Keywords
microbiome; cognitive bacteria; embodied cognition; behavior; holobiont; meditation; Internet of Microbes (IOM); developmental programming; quantum states; hologenome
Subject
Biology and Life Sciences, Immunology and Microbiology
Copyright:
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