Heavy going but if I understood correctly the microbiome is pumping out even more stuff than previously known, in this case thousands of small proteins many of which appear to be able to interact with the host and some of which are likely involved in cell to cell signalling. No idea what that means for now other than that there is a lot to learn. Hila Sberro, Brayon J. Fremin, Soumaya Zlitni, Georgios A. Pavlopoulos, Nikos C. Kyrpides, Ami S. Bhatt https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30781-0 https://sci-hub.se/https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(19)30781-0# A Danish article discussing the study (more digestible than the study): https://videnskab.dk/krop-sundhed/n...e-hvordan-tarmbakterierne-paavirker-helbredet Google translation (New discovery may explain how the gut bacteria affect health): https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://videnskab.dk/krop-sundhed/ny-opdagelse-kan-forklare-hvordan-tarmbakterierne-paavirker-helbredet