The Human Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Gut Microbiota".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2021) | Viewed by 2942
Special Issue Editors
2. Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) Azrieli Global Scholar, MaRs Centre, Toronto, ON M5G 1M1, Canada
Interests: microbiome; immune system; systems biology; microbiology; imaging; bacteriophages
Interests: microbiome; antibiotic resistance; infectious diseases; immune system; probiotics; prebiotics
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The human microbiota is defined as a set of organisms residing within and outside the human body. It consists of bacteria, viruses, archaea, and eukaryotes. This group of microorganisms colonize various sites on and in the human body and interact at intra- and inter-kingdom levels. These interactions play an important role in health and disease. The structural and functional contribution of the gut microbiota to health and disease is constantly evolving in response to host factors such as diet, lifestyle, age, inherited genes, hormonal changes, pH, oxygen conditions, etc. Facultative anaerobes are mainly dominant in the gastrointestinal tract, while strict aerobes inhabit the respiratory tract, nasal cavity, and skin surface. An altered microbiome profile can lead to life-threatening diseases such as cancer, autoimmunity, obesity, bacterial infections, cardiovascular, metabolic, and inflammatory bowel diseases, etc. It is very important to understand the structural and functional contribution of microbial ecosystems and individual species to health and disease.
In this Special Issue of Microorganisms, we will present studies on the role of the human microbiota (bacteria, viruses, archaea, and eukaryotes) in health and disease. Basic (e.g., microbial characterization in vitro, in vivo, ex vivo) and translational science studies (therapeutic and diagnostic potential of the microbiota) are welcome.
Dr. Naama Geva-Zatorsky
Guest Editor
Dr. Neerupma Bhardwaj
Co-Guest Editor
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Keywords
- microbiome
- immune system
- systems biology
- microbiology
- imaging
- bacteriophages
