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“Meet Your Human Microbiota: The Unsung Heroes Inside You” A new frontier in health – By Dr Harold Gunatillake “Hello, everyone! Today, we’re going on an incredible journey inside our bodies to  meet some of the most important yet often overlooked inhabitants—the microbiota  in our large gut.”  Before we discuss microbiota, I must explain the difference between microbiome  and microbiota.  The microbiome refers to collecting genomes,  which means the complete set of DNA   (genetic material) in an organism from all the  microorganisms in the environment.   Microbiota, conversely, usually relates to microorganisms found within a specific  environment, which is the gut in the present talk. However, microbiota can refer to  all organisms found in an environment, including bacteria, viruses, and fungi.  So, what is Microbiota? “Imagine a bustling city with trillions of residents; this is  what our large gut looks like under a microscope. The microbiota consists of   bacteria, viruses, ...