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Segre (2023) points out that the microbiome is "good" and contributes to human health in various ways, such as digestion of food and prevention of colonization by pathogens.<ref name="segre2023">{{REFweb |url=https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Microbiome |title=Microbiome |last=Segre |first=Julie |init= |publisher=National Human Genome Research Institute |date=2023-09-23 |accessdate=2023-09-24}}</ref> The Human Microbiome Project Consortium (2012) reported a remarkable diversity in the healthy human microbiome.<ref>{{REFjournal
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The '''microbiome''' is the complete genetic content of all the microorganisms that typically inhabit a particular environment, especially a site on or in the body, such as the skin or the gastrointestinal tract.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Microbiome
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Segre (2023) pointed out that the microbiome is "good" and contributes to human health in various ways, such as digestion of food and prevention of colonization by pathogens.<ref name="segre2023">{{REFweb
|url=https://www.genome.gov/genetics-glossary/Microbiome
|title=Microbiome
|last=Segre
|first=Julie
|init=
|publisher=National Human Genome Research Institute
|date=2023-09-23
|accessdate=2023-09-24
}}</ref>
== Penile microbiome ==
Mishra et al. (2023) studied surveyed the microbiome and mycobiome of eleven toilet-trained pediatric patients before and after elective non-therapeutic [[circumcision]]. Circumcision amputates the [[foreskin]] and destroys the [[preputial sac]]where the microbiome is found. <ref name="cold-taylor1999">{{ColdCJ TaylorJR 1999}}</ref> The authors reported a "significant drop" in the bacterial and fungal population after [[circumcision]], but did ''not '' report any change improvement in patient health.<ref>{{REFjournal
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|journal= Eur Urol Focus
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|date=2023-07
|volume=9
|issue=4
|pages=660-80
|url=https://www.eu-focus.europeanurology.com/article/S2405-4569(22)00290-5/fulltext
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|DOI=10.1016/j.euf.2022.12.007
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{{SEEALSO}}* [[Immunological and protective function of the foreskin]]
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