Welcome to my.microbes

Microbes live in, on and around us all the time, contributing approximately 2 kilograms to our body masses. Most of them are essential for our health and live in equilibrium with our bodies. The vast majority of these microbes live in our guts and breaking this balance may have various consequences such as obesity or inflammatory bowel diseases. Knowing which microbes live in us can lead to better, personalized diets, early diagnosis, and treatment of diseases.

Thus, the original discoverers of enterotypes launched my.microbes to coordinate a large-scale scientific study open to everyone. The study aims to provide new ways of analyzing any person's gut microbes in the context of samples from many individuals around the world.

If you would be willing to participate, please download our information package and join today. You can also contribute without direct participation, through a generous donation.