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The Human Microbiota offers a comprehensive review of all human-associated microbial niches in a single volume, focusing on what modern tools in molecular microbiology are revealing about human microbiota, and how specific microbial communities can be associated with either beneficial effects or diseases. An excellent resource for microbiologists, physicians, infectious disease specialists, and others in the field, the book describes the latest research findings and evaluates the most innovative research approaches and technologies. Perspectives from pioneers in human microbial ecology are provided throughout.
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David Fredricks is an expert in infectious diseases and the human indigenous microbiota, with a research focus on the bacterial biota of the human vagina and how changes in the composition of vaginal microbes lead to the syndrome bacterial vaginosis. He has authored more than 32 peer reviewed journal articles, 7 book chapters, and 9 editorials or invited reviews. He has been a peer reviewer for more than a dozen major medical and infectious diseases journals, and has served on several NIH study sections.
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Unraveling the mysteries of the human microbiome
Addressing the latest findings on the microbes that colonize epithelial surfaces in the human body, The Human Microbiota presents a comprehensive review of the microbial diversity found in humans and the role it plays in human health.
After an introduction to the pivotal research efforts at the Human Microbiome Project, the book presents cutting-edge methods for studying the human microbiome and links particular microbial communities to various conditions and diseases. It explains in detail how to use animal models, cultivate microbes, and manipulate existing microbiota. Advice on the design of microbiome studies as well as the strengths and weaknesses of different methods is also included. A group of pioneers in microbial ecology contribute authoritative, state-of-the-art chapters on:
Zusammenfassung
The Human Microbiota offers a comprehensive review of all human-associated microbial niches in a single volume, focusing on what modern tools in molecular microbiology are revealing about human microbiota, and how specific microbial communities can be associated with either beneficial effects or diseases. An excellent resource for microbiologists, physicians, infectious disease specialists, and others in the field, the book describes the latest research findings and evaluates the most innovative research approaches and technologies. Perspectives from pioneers in human microbial ecology are provided throughout.
Inhalt
PREFACE vii
CONTRIBUTORS xi
1 THE NIH HUMAN MICROBIOME PROJECT 1
Lita M. Proctor, Shaila Chhibba, Jean McEwen, Jane Peterson,
Chris Wellington, Carl Baker, Maria Giovanni, Pamela McInnes, and
R. Dwayne Lunsford
2 METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES ASSOCIATED
WITH THE HUMAN BODY 51
Christine Bassis, Vincent Young, and Thomas Schmidt
3 PHYLOARRAYS 75
Eoin L. Brodie and Susan V. Lynch
4 MATHEMATICAL APPROACHES FOR DESCRIBING MICROBIAL POPULATIONS:
PRACTICE AND THEORY FOR EXTRAPOLATION OF RICH ENVIRONMENTS 85
Manuel E. Lladser and Rob Knight
5 TENSION AT THE BORDER: HOW HOST GENETICS AND THE ENTERIC
MICROBIOTA CONSPIRE TO PROMOTE CROHN'S DISEASE 105
Daniel N. Frank and Ellen Li
6 THE HUMAN AIRWAY MICROBIOME 119
Edith T. Zemanick and J. Kirk Harris
7 MICROBIOTA OF THE MOUTH: A BLESSING OR A CURSE? 135
Angela H. Nobbs, David Dymock, and Howard F. Jenkinson
8 MICROBIOTA OF THE GENITOURINARY TRACT 167
Laura K. Sycuro and David N. Fredricks
9 FUNCTIONAL STRUCTURE OF INTESTINAL MICROBIOTA IN HEALTH AND
DISEASE 211
Alexander Swidsinski and Vera Loening-Baucke
10 FROM FLY TO HUMAN: UNDERSTANDING HOW COMMENSAL MICROORGANISMS
INFLUENCE HOST IMMUNITY AND HEALTH 255
June L. Round
11 INSIGHTS INTO THE HUMAN MICROBIOME FROM ANIMAL MODELS
273
Bethany A. Rader and Karen Guillemin
12 TO GROW OR NOT TO GROW: ISOLATION AND CULTIVATION PROCEDURES
IN THE GENOMIC AGE 289
Karsten Zengler
13 NEW APPROACHES TO CULTIVATION OF HUMAN MICROBIOTA 303
Slava S. Epstein, Maria Sizova, and Amanda Hazen
14 MANIPULATING THE INDIGENOUS MICROBIOTA IN HUMANS: PREBIOTICS,
PROBIOTICS, AND SYNBIOTICS 315
George T. Macfarlane and Sandra Macfarlane
INDEX 339