"It's de rigueur to begin a microbiome talk by stating that ninety percent of the cells in the human body are bacterial. Then there's a statement about how we should regard these microbes as another organ, like your heart or liver. And that's where things go off the rails." 

Microbiome Triumphalism and Misusing a Metaphor
http://scienceblogs.com/mikethemadbiologist/2011/03/microbiome_triumphalism_and_mi.php
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