Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding the human microbiota. Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TFTT.
( ) The number of human cells in our body is greater than the number of bacterial, fungal, and protozoan cells of our normal flora.
( ) There are far more genes in our microbiome than in our own genome.
( ) Infectious diseases currently cause more human deaths than cardiovascular diseases and cancers combined.
( ) All of the microorganisms that constitute the normal flora are nonpathogens.

Question

Indicate true (T) and false (F) statements below regarding the human microbiota. Your answer would be a four-letter string composed of letters T and F only, e.g. TFTT.
( )	The number of human cells in our body is greater than the number of bacterial, fungal, and protozoan cells of our normal flora.
( )	There are far more genes in our microbiome than in our own genome.
( )	Infectious diseases currently cause more human deaths than cardiovascular diseases and cancers combined.
( )	All of the microorganisms that constitute the normal flora are nonpathogens.

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The human body with about 10¹³ cells hosts about 10¹⁴ microorganisms whose gene repertoires exceed that of the human genome by over 100-fold. Some of these microorganisms are potentially pathogenic. Infectious diseases caused by pathogens account for about a quarter of human deaths worldwide, second only to cardiovascular diseases.

Indicate True (T) and False (F) Statements Below Regarding the Human