Overview
- Reviews the role of microorganisms in human development
- Provides information on microorganisms in the mouth, gut, skin and vagina
- Demonstrates the effects of microorganisms on the epigenome
- Explains microbiota manipulation through probiotics and prebiotics
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology (AEMB, volume 902)
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Microbes can now be found in nearly every niche the human body offers. However, the complexity of the microbiota of a given site depends on the particular environmental condition thereof. Only microbes which are able to grow under these conditions, will prevail. Recent publications imply that the microorganisms do not only have multiple, critical consequences for host physiological processes such as postnatal development, immunomodulation and energy supply, but also effects on neurodevelopment, behavior and cognition.
Within this book we will focus on the techniques behind these developments, epigenomics and on the various parts of the human body which are inhabited by microorganism such as the mouth, the gut, the skin and the vagina. In addition, chapters are dedicated to the possible manipulations of the microbiota by probiotics, prebiotics and faecal transplantation.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbiota of the Human Body
Book Subtitle: Implications in Health and Disease
Editors: Andreas Schwiertz
Series Title: Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31248-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-31246-0Published: 20 May 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-80998-4Published: 27 May 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-31248-4Published: 09 May 2016
Series ISSN: 0065-2598
Series E-ISSN: 2214-8019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 157
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 21 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbiology