This innovation analysis highlights the underestimated and versatile potential of the new
field of culturomics and examines its relation to other OMICS system sciences such as …

With its critical role in human health and disease, the microbiome has transformed modern
biology. Over the past few years, microbiome research has evolved rapidly, with …

Practicing medicine has always been an art dependent upon the judgment of a physician.
This art relies on listening, caring, and empathizing for the patient, and on judgment applied …

The study of microbes is over 200 years old and is continually enriched with new methods
and techniques as older ones, such as microscopy and cultures keep evolving and …

Until recently, human microbiology was based on the identification of single microbes, such
as bacteria, fungi and viruses, frequently isolated from patients with acute or chronic …

The gut microbiota has an important role in the maintenance of human health and in disease
pathogenesis. This importance was realized through the advent of omics technologies and …

One of the most exciting scientific advances in recent years has been the realization that
commensal microorganisms are not simple'passengers' in our bodies, but instead have key …

The field of microbiome research has evolved rapidly over the past few decades and has
become a topic of great scientific and public interest. As a result of this rapid growth in …

Humans are heavily colonized by approximately 1014 bacteria, and the composition of our
microbiota has been shown to be associated with various diseases, such as obesity …

Bacterial culture was the first method used to describe the human microbiota, but this
method is considered outdated by many researchers. Metagenomics studies have since …