Human microbiome is a complex and dynamic component of the human system. Identifying
the members of this vast community and elucidating their functions remains a daunting …

Human body is one of the most complex and diverse microbial ecosystem in which various
microbes are living together with their hosts. Starting with Louis Pasteur's postulation that …

Metagenomic studies have truly revolutionised biology and medicine, and changed the way
we study genomics. As genome sequencing becomes cheaper, it is being applied to study …

Microbiomes–the distinct microbial populations that colonize an array of bodily and
environmental niches–are rapidly gaining prominence in numerous fields of research …

The indigenous human microbiota is extremely diverse. New estimates of species richness,
based upon culture-independent molecular techniques, put the total number of bacterial and …

In the healthy human body, microbial cells famously outnumber human cells 10 to 1 and the
bacterial communities, which make up the vast majority of the humanassociated microbial …

The Human Microbiota offers a comprehensive review of all human-associated microbial
niches in a single volume, focusing on what modern tools in molecular microbiology are …

The human body is an ecosystem harboring complex site-specific microbial communities.
The majority of these human-associated microbes are found in the intestinal tract, where …

The human microbiome refers to all of the species that inhabit the human body, residing
both on and in it. Over the past several years, there has been a significantly increased …

This book explains the potential value of microbiome and microbiome composition
associated with human health and diseases. The opening chapters describe the current …