Bacteria are Everything

I've said it before and I'll say it again. The human body is just an architecture for a biome of bacteria and viruses. Many MANY of our bodies behaviors are driven by them. Until we understand and can test for them, we are practicing medicine not much better than witchdoctors of yesteryear.

Evidence is mounting that intestinal microbes exacerbate or perhaps even cause some of autism's symptoms
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/gut-bacteria-may-play-a-role-in-autism/

"A newly released diagram of all life on Earth, the Tree of Life, contains a whole new branch, full of microbes — which appear to dominate Earth’s biodiversity. How did we miss this?"

http://ideas.ted.com/a-newly-drawn-tree-of-life-reminds-us-to-question-what-we-know/?utm_campaign=social&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_content=ideas-blog&utm_term=science