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ARTICLE: “The Brain, Gut and Consciousness: Microbiology of Our Mind.” by Radek Vana

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Vana, Radek. “The Brain, Gut and Consciousness: Microbiology of Our Mind.” Inquiries Journal 12.12 (2020). http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/a?id=1853 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1853/the-brain-gut-and-consciousness-microbiology-of-our-mind ABSTRACT This paper presents a view that the brain is not the only actor responsible for emergence of our consciousness and that our consciousness is in fact a product of the brain-gut-microbiome axis. The paper first shows relevance of […]

ARTICLE: “The hologenome concept of evolution after 10 years.”

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https://microbiomejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s40168-018-0457-9 Rosenberg, E., Zilber-Rosenberg, I. The hologenome concept of evolution after 10 years. Microbiome 6, 78 (2018). Abstract The holobiont (host with its endocellular and extracellular microbiome) can function as a distinct biological entity, an additional organismal level to the ones previously considered, on which natural selection operates. The holobiont can function as a whole: […]

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ARTICLE: “Host Biology in Light of the Microbiome: Ten Principles of Holobionts and Hologenomes.”

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Bordenstein SR, Theis KR (2015) “Host Biology in Light of the Microbiome: Ten Principles of Holobionts and Hologenomes.” PLoS Biol 13(8): e1002226. FULL TEXT: https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.1002226 THE 10 PRINCIPLES OF HOLOBIONTS AND HOLOGENOMES: I. Holobionts and hologenomes are units of biological organization Complex multicellular eukaryotes are not and have never been autonomous organisms, but rather are […]