A Microbial Ballad
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.36399/wzd4nf29Keywords:
Microbiome, Gut-brain axis, Gut BacteriaAbstract
Helen Godefroimont is a Neuroscience graduate who got a gut feeling (pun intended) that the bacteria from her thesis deserved a tribute. Inspired by studying pre- and probiotics (especially pectin-fermenting strains from artichokes) she wrote this playful poem to honour their work to inspire a little more awareness, respect (and perhaps affection) for these microscopic heroes and all they do for the gut-brain-axis.
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