Basque Center for Climate Change, Spain.
Kyoto University, Institute for Research in Humanities, Japan.
Endeavour. 2022 Mar-Jun;46(1-2):100814. doi: 10.1016/j.endeavour.2022.100814. Epub 2022 Jun 10.
Recent research about the microbiome points to a picture in which we, humans, are 'living through' nature, and nature itself is living in us. Our bodies are hosting-and depend on-the multiple species that constitute human microbiota. This article will discuss current research on the microbiome through the ideas of Japanese ecologist Imanishi Kinji (1902-1992). First, some of Imanishi's key ideas regarding the world of living beings and multispecies societies are presented. Second, seven types of relationships concerning the human microbiome, human beings, and the environment are explored. Third, inspired by Imanishi's work, this paper develops the idea of dynamic, porous, and complex multispecies societies in which different living beings or species are codependent on others, including microbiota and human beings.
最近关于微生物组的研究指出了一幅图景，在这幅图景中，我们人类“生活在”大自然中，而大自然本身也生活在我们之中。我们的身体容纳并依赖于构成人类微生物组的多种物种。本文将通过日本生态学家今西錦司（Imanishi Kinji，1902-1992）的思想来讨论微生物组的当前研究。首先，介绍了今西一些关于生物世界和多物种社会的关键思想。其次，探讨了与人类微生物组、人类和环境有关的七种关系类型。第三，受今西作品的启发，本文提出了一种动态的、多孔的、复杂的多物种社会的思想，在这种社会中，不同的生物或物种相互依存，包括微生物和人类。
