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Darrol P asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

Is there a good publication for non-scientists that illustrates the flora and fauna that live in a human body?

Update:

oneworld: "unless you are referring to microorganisms" is a pretty big unless.

It appears in microbiology, they only talk about internal flora, but they include bacteria in that term, which I thought were a type of animal and therefore fauna. Plus there are fungi, which I would call flora.

"The average human body, consisting of about 10[to the13th power] cells, has about ten times that number of microorganisms in the gut."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gut_flora

Be that as it may, what I would like to know is whether there is a good illustrated book for the non-specialist that comprehensively covers this subject? Or even an illustrated text book like publication for the medical student?

Update 2:

I found this on the web:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/46146/The-Bacterial-Flor...

This is a good start and is the type of thing I would like to find covered in a comprehensive book. Is this possible?

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  • 1 decade ago
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    flora refers to plant life, and there is no plant life that lives in the human body

    the same applies to fauna, it refers to animals... no animals within the human body unless you are referring to microorganisms

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