A theoretical waste, with enormous beneficial potentialFecal Microbiome Transplants (FMT), represent a paradigm shift in human medicine. Not in nature, where many animals such as Coleoptera, Lagomorphs, Primates, and Canis practice coprophagy as natural probiotics and nutrient source, and as extra digestion to harvest partially digested compounds [1]. Feces, traditionally considered only as waste, actually are composed by water (75% at a median pH of 6.7), by a diverse community of Bacteria, Fungi, Archaea, helminths, and Virus (25 -54 % of dry solids), and by undigested carbohydrate, fiber, protein, fat, and inorganic components from the diet, overall with enormous potential in health benefits [2,3].
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