Gut Microbes Associating with the Host
A special issue of Life (ISSN 2075-1729). This special issue belongs to the section "Microbiology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2025 | Viewed by 1008
Special Issue Editors
2. Division of Agriculture, Department of Animal Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701, USA
Interests: animal nutrition; animal microbiome; respiratory microbiota; gut microbiota; rumen; next-generation sequencing; bioinformatics
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Interests: gut microbiota modification with a focus on the gut–disease relation
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Dear Colleagues,
In recent years, the composition and functional roles of gut microbes have been investigated with the development of sequencing techniques. Gut microbes has shown strong association with the animal host. Understanding the critial microbes in nutrient utilization, gut ecosystem banlance, immunity, health and disease provide the fundamental information for host-microbe interaction. It also benefits for microbail resource development and utilization, such as probiotics.
The main aim of the current topic is to collect articles (original research, reviews, and meta-analysis) addressing state-of-the-art information on animal gut microbiota and its impact on animal nutrient digest, host metabolism, immunity and disease. Articles addressing (i) the composition of healthy gut microbiota associating with host traits, (ii) the impact of external environment (e.g., diet) on microbiota, (iii) disease-associated dysbiosis, and (iv) probiotics and prebiotics validation will be welcome and considered for publication.
Dr. Jianmin Chai
Dr. Kun Li
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- gut microbes
- microbiome
- animals
- nutrition
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