Talk:Microbiome
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Introduction doesn't mention any limited environments edit
As a non-biologist I found the introduction to this article obscure. Like I'll guess most readers I came to the article wanting to find information about the human biome and found only information about a "habitat" and one thing the Wiki article for habitat doesn't enlarge on is the bodies of plants or animals. I found the simpler statement in the Microbiome Journal - "studies of microbiomes colonizing humans, animals, plants or the environment" much easier to comprehend.
Indeed the first mention of "body" is not until the second paragraph of the Definitions paragraph.
Thinking about it, I realise that subconsciously I was making an association between "micro" and "micro-environment" which does not exist. It's right that the article doesn't give the impression that a microbiome only exists in limited areas. However all Wikipedia articles should be accessible to the average reader, particularly the introduction, and many people will be unaware of the rich colonies of microbiota in different parts of the body. They may not read further than the introduction and will therefore be none the wiser.
Could I request the recasting of the introduction to make it clear that the microbiomes of the bodies of animals and plants can be very different to their surroundings. Chris55 (talk) 09:26, 15 March 2023 (UTC)