The mammalian gut microbial community, known as the gut microbiota, comprises trillions of
bacteria, which co-evolved with the host and has an important role in a variety of host …

Microbiota represents the entire microbial community present in the gut host. It serves
several functions establishing a mutualistic relation with the host. Latest years have seen a …

In the twenty first century, the changing epidemiology of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)
globally with increasing disease incidence across many countries relates to the altered gut …

Despite growing literature characterizing the fecal microbiome and its association with
health and disease, few studies have analyzed the microbiome of the small intestine. Here …

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is characterized by flares of inflammation with a periodic
need for increased medication and sometimes even surgery. The aetiology of IBD is partly …

The 2017 annual symposium organized by the University Medical Center Groningen in The
Netherlands focused on the role of the gut microbiome in human health and disease …

There is an increasing interest in Faecalibacterium prausnitzii, one of the most abundant
bacterial species found in the gut, given its potentially important role in promoting gut health …

Primary bile acids serve important roles in cholesterol metabolism, lipid digestion, host-
microbe interactions, and regulatory pathways in the human host. While most bile acids are …

The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is multifactorial with data suggesting
the role of a disturbed interaction between the gut and the intestinal microbiota. A defective …

Studies of the roles of microbial communities in the development of inflammatory bowel
disease (IBD) have reached an important milestone. A decade of genome-wide association …