Gut Microbiota
A section of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607).
Section Information
The symbiosis between the gut microbiota and the host depends on the metabolic and immunologic interaction with the host. Over the last ten years it has become evident that the development of a dysbiosis plays an important role in many diseases. These include metabolisms related diseases such as the metabolic syndrome, and diseases of the intestinal tract such as inflammatory bowel diseases, but there is also a gut–brain–axis that can be influenced by the intestinal microbiota.
With the advent of metagenomics, the question of the composition became addressable and associations between the development of a dysbiosis and an altered composition of the microbiota can now be analyzed. Given the extremely broad range of metabolic functions in the hundreds of species, a mechanistic understanding is key to detect the actual functionalities of the different families and species in the consortia.
In the section Gut Microbiota, we will focus on research questions aiming at the microbial ecology in the community, the functionalities of members of the microbiota, the metabolic and immunological interaction with the host and the role of the microbiota in human diseases. The editorial board will review all manuscripts submitted for publication in this section. However, articles which seem to be outside the scope of the subject matter listed here may be referred to another section of Microorganisms.
Keywords
• Microbial community genetics, transcriptomics, proteomics and metabolomics
• Interaction within the microbiota
• Metabolic interaction with the host
• Inflammatory diseases
• Interaction with the immune system
• Microbial biodegradation of nutrients and xenobiotics
• Microbial ecology
• Microbial functions in the different habitats within the gut
• Metabolic flux analysis
• Analysis of functionalities by stable isotope probing (DNA, RNA and protein)
• Model systems for studying microbiome biology
• Novel technologies for the analysis of structure and function of the microbiota
Editorial Board
Topical Advisory Panel
Special Issues
Following special issues within this section are currently open for submissions:
- Dietary Nutrition and Gut Microbiota (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Probiotics and Prebiotics for Health during Different Stages of Life (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Dialogue of Probiotics with the Host (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Gut Microbiota-Brain Axis in Regulation of Feeding Behavior (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Gut Microbiome and Disorders of the Gastrointestinal Tract (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Current Perspectives and Challenges on Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Beneficial Microbes and Gastrointestinal Microbiota (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Gut Microbiota and the Impact on Animal Models of Disease (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- Shaping the Future of Probiotics: Novel Methodologies, Applications, and Mechanisms of Action (Deadline: 30 June 2022)
- State-of-the-Art Gut Microbiota Research in Asia (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Involvement of the Gut Microbiome in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Probiotics and Gut Health of Farm Animals (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- Effects of Probiotics on Health (Deadline: 31 July 2022)
- State-of-the-Art Gut Microbiota Research in France (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Regulation of the Gastrointestinal Tract Microbiota (Deadline: 31 August 2022)
- Gut Microbiota in Disease (Deadline: 20 September 2022)
- The Role of the Gut Microbiota in Human Health and Disease (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Host-Associated Microbiome and the Diet-Gut-Brain Axis (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- The Interplay between Diet and the Swine Gut Microbiota: Impacts on Health and Disease (Deadline: 30 September 2022)
- Gut Microbioma Structure and Functions in Human Health and Disease 2.0 (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Gut Microbiome Modulation and Its Consequences to Infant Development (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Interaction between Host Immunity and the Intestinal Ecosystem on Health and Disease Development (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Beneficial Microbes: Food, Mood and Beyond (Deadline: 31 October 2022)
- Gut Microbiota: Health, Clinical & Beyonds (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Gut Microbiota and Neurodegenerative Disease (Deadline: 30 November 2022)
- Impact of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation on Human Health (Deadline: 15 December 2022)
- Research on Decreasing the Intestinal Carriage of Antibiotic Resistant Bacteria (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Gut Microbiota and Nutrients (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Gut Microbiome in Liver Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Gut Microbiome and Nutrients: The Two Variables, Determining Factors for Human Traits and Diseases (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Probiotics and the Immune System: The Potential for Postimmunobiotics (Deadline: 31 December 2022)
- Microbiota-Gut-Brain Axis in Health and Disease, and Future Therapies (Deadline: 28 February 2023)
- The Science of Shiga Toxin-Producing (Verotoxin-Producing) Escherichia coli (STEC): An Ongoing One Health Journey toward Improved Health and Food Safety (Deadline: 30 April 2023)
Topical Collections
Following topical collections within this section are currently open for submissions:
