I Contain Multitudes: The Microbes Within Us and a Grander View of Life

by Ed Yong

The human skin microbiome is the domain of Propionibacterium, Corynebacterium, and Staphylococcus, while Bacteroides lords over the gut, Lactobacillus dominates the vagina, and Streptococcus rules the mouth.

Bacterial species across the body