I've considered getting my stool tested for microbiome. Another curiosity is Virscan (1) with perhaps the intent on getting the virome tested as well. A lot of my interest comes from the perspective that I have ulcerative colitis. I have read everything about the disease since diagnosis. I don't want to go into everything, but it got to the point where the gastro wanted to prescribe humira and if that failed to move onto pouch surgery. Always being prone to a gamble, I tried drinking raw bovine milk and making enemas from it. To my surprise things began to clear up within a few weeks. This was 6 years ago. I'm symptom free and my most recent colonoscopy was clear. I have attempted to talk to doctors at the local teaching hospital that have a microbiome research initiative but got turned away. The interest was to let them study me, however I get it in that they have other priorities. Either or.. I have the op article printed out as perhaps genome will aide in some home research. No idea. One of the things I suspect is that I've had uc for longer than when it became an issue. Have read it can be present in childhood without much symptoms. So the curiosity is just trying to figure out if it is genetics, environment.. what not.