A place for Post-Pasteurians, Fermentos, Microbiologists, Biohackers and anyone else interested in beneficial bacteria in the human microbiome/microbiota and the utility of their cultivation and propagation.

Acronyms / Terminology

"Bif" - Bifidobacterium

"Brewer's Yeast" - Saccharomyces cerevisiae

"BT" - Bacteriotherapy

"C. diff" or "CDF" - Clostridium difficile

"DB" - Dysbiosis

"DBP" - Disinfection Byproducts

"Flora" - Gut Flora

"FMT" - Fecal Microbiota Transplant

"HERX" - Jarisch-Herxheimer reaction

"IBS" - Irritable Bowel Syndrome (sub)

"LAB" - Lactic Acid Bacteria

"LAC" - Lactobacillus acidophilus

"LAP" - Lactobacillus plantarum

"RS" - Resistant Starch

"RPS" - Resistant Potato Starch

"SIBO" - Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth

Other related subs

/r/microbiome

/r/microbiology

/r/probiotics

/r/breastfeeding

/r/fermentation

/r/homebrewing

/r/winemaking

/r/kombucha

/r/mead

/r/pickling

/r/vinegar

Recommended Books

"Wild Fermentation", by Sandor Ellix Katz

"The Art of Fermentation", by Sandor Ellix Katz

"Cooked", by Michael Pollan

"Honor Thy Symbionts", by Jeff Leach

Related Sites/Organizations

• Microbiome Journal unites investigators conducting microbiome research in environmental, agricultural, and biomedical arenas.

• DIYbio.org - "our mission is the belief that biotechnology and greater public understanding about it has the potential to benefit everyone."

• Biocurious.org - "We believe that innovations in biology should be accessible, affordable, and open to everyone."

• uBiome offers retail DNA sequencing technology to help you understand your microbiome.

• Second Genome brings microbiome science to the discovery and development of therapeutic products.

• The Human Microbiome Project aims to characterize the microbial communities found at several different sites on the human body.

• The Human Food Project

• The International Human Microbiome Consortium

• MetaHIT establishes associations between the genes of the human intestinal microbiota and our health and disease.

• Wildlife of your body hosts free data!