Human-associated microbial communities have adapted to environmental pressures. Doses
of antibiotics select for a community with increased antibiotic resistance, inflammation is …

BACKGROUND The collection of trillions of microbes inhabiting the human gut, called the
microbiome or microbiota, has captivated the biomedical research community for the past …

Humans and our ancestors have evolved since the most ancient times with a commensal
microbiota. The conservation of indicator species in a niche-specific manner across all of the …

Background The last 50–100 years has been marked by a sharp rise in so-called “Western-
diseases” in those countries that have experienced major industrial advances and shifts …

The human gastrointestinal tract is divided into sections, allowing digestion and nutrient
absorption in the proximal region to be separate from the vast microbial populations in the …

High throughput sequencing technology has opened a window into the vast communities of
bacteria that live on and in humans, demonstrating tremendous variability, and that they play …

A growing number of human gut microbiome studies consistently describe differences
between human populations. Here, we review how factors related to host genetics, ethnicity …

Most of the Human diseases affecting westernized countries are associated with dysbiosis
and loss of microbial diversity in the gut microbiota. The Western way of life, with a wide use …

The trillions of microbes living in the gut—the gut microbiota—play an important role in
human biology and disease. While much has been done to explore its diversity, a full …

Composed of trillions of individual microbes, the human gut microbiota has adapted to the
uniquely diverse environments found in the human intestine. Quickly responding to the …