Even though there are trillions of gut microbes in a human being, they’re hard to pin down for interviews. I managed to corral Prevotella Corpri for a shocking take on who’s smarter: gut microbes or their hosts.

Prevotella Corpri, thank you for joining us today. Can I call you Prevotella?

Everybody calls me P. corpri. The c is lowercase. You can think of it as my rap name (laughs).