Question

What effect has “increasing antibiotic use in the United States” had on people’s microbiomes?

Answer 1

The increasing antibiotic use in the United States has reduced the diversity ofpeople’s microbiomes.
Antibiotics are known to kill various form of Bacterias (which considered as a type of microbiomes) by disputing the defense mechanism in their cell walls and make them more exposed to the attacks from our antibodies.

Answer 2

With the usage of antibiotics increasingly the microbiomes of people in the United States has lacked the diversity. Due to this there will be inefficiency in the functions of human immune system. Reducing the use of antibiotics reduces the damage to the bacteria in the body helping the growth of these microorganisms called microbiomes.