Understanding the Role of the Microbiome in the Life and Tradition of Indonesian Spices

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Nationalgeographic.co.id – Human life is inseparable from its role microbiome. These invisible living beings have lived in the human body since birth.

According to publications National Human Genome Research Institute, microbiome is defined as a collection of genomes of microbes that live in the human body, animals, and plants.

The microbiome found in the human body (human microbiome) consists of bacteria, bacteriophage, mushroom, protozoa, and viruses. The number is 10 times more than the number of cells in the human body.

With such a large number, each microbiome has its own role and function. Some microbiomes are good, others are bad.

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The most common microbiome in the human body is found in the digestive system (guts microbiome). Therefore, the type of food consumed can affect the composition of the microbiome in digestion.

Regarding food, Indonesian people have made spices as an important part of culinary offerings. It’s not surprising because of the variety spices thrives throughout the archipelago. In fact, the spices of the archipelago were seen as very valuable and became the target of the world in their time.

Without realizing it, the culture of consuming spices seems to have an influence on the balance of the microbiome in the Indonesian people’s body.

Apart from spices, the microbiome is also involved in many traditional food processing in Indonesia. One of them is tempeh which involves lactic acid bacteria in the fermentation process.

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