CDC’s applied research on the human microbiome aims to identify effective public health approaches to protect people, their microbiomes, and the effectiveness of antibiotics. ; Bacteria, fungi, viruses, and other microbes (germs) live naturally on our skin and in our gut and other places within our body. These microbes make up a community called the microbiome. Antibiotics can destroy your microbiome the way a wild re can destroy a forest. ; Learn more about CDC’s investments to study the microbiome at www.cdc.gov/DrugResistance. ; CS278374I ; ARSI-Microbiome-Infographic-2017.pdf ;

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