At a talk by Mr. Jim Versalovic at Baylor Coll. Med. on Human Microbiome he stressed the importance of the Marine Microbiome as a source adding to the biodiversity benefitting human health. The human microbiome has a strong link between microbes – especially in the gut and heart health, mental health and obesity and metabolic diseases.
Human bodies are also dominated by 4 Phyla – much lower diversity than most marine habitats.