Aliens Inside Us

Movie · Documentary

Every one of us teems with trillions of microorganisms: Streptococcus, Flavobacterium, and thousands of other kinds of bacteria and fungi. Some of these microbes are what we call "germs," but many more of them are actually good for us. Discover the health benefits of having aliens inside us, and see how those benefits are being threatened by our modern, sterile lifestyles. Then follow Dr. Dominguez-Bello on her expedition to the Amazon, where DNA samples of a remote group show how drastic the microbial imbalance in the Western world has become.

2013 · 51m

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Aliens Inside Us

Documentary

Every one of us teems with trillions of microorganisms: Streptococcus, Flavobacterium, and thousands of other kinds of bacteria and fungi. Some of these microbes are what we call "germs," but many more of them are actually good for us. Discover the health benefits of having aliens inside us, and see how those benefits are being threatened by our modern, sterile lifestyles. Then follow Dr. Dominguez-Bello on her expedition to the Amazon, where DNA samples of a remote group show how drastic the microbial imbalance in the Western world has become.

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Studio
Viacom
Released
2013
Run Time
51 min
Rated
6+
Region of Origin
United States

Languages

Original Audio
English (United States)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (United States) (CC), Italian (Italy)

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.