1. The Supraorganism 2. Microbiota 3. Collecting samples for metagenomics 4. Epidemiology for the human body 5. The evolving microbial taxonomy 6. Blurring the line between opportunistic 'pathogens' and 'commensals' 7. Metagenomics from bench to bedside and from bedside to bench 8. A Microbiome record for life