Symbiotic microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract promote health by decreasing
susceptibility to infection and enhancing resistance to a range of diseases. In this Review …

The human gut is inhabited by trillions of microorganisms composing a dynamic ecosystem
implicated in health and disease. The composition of the gut microbiota is unique to each …

Inter-individual human variability, driven by various genetic and environmental factors,
complicates the ability to develop effective population-based early disease detection …

Trillions of microorganisms transit through and reside in the mammalian gastrointestinal tract
each day, collectively producing thousands of small molecules and metabolites with local …

The trillions of microorganisms in the gut microbiome have attracted much attention recently
owing to their sophisticated and widespread impacts on numerous aspects of host …

The current understanding of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) pathogenesis implicates a
complex interaction between host genetics, host immunity, microbiome, and environmental …

Background Plants in nature interact with other species, among which are mutualistic
microorganisms that affect plant health. The co-existence of microbial symbionts with the …

Intense recent interest in understanding how the human gut microbiome influences health
has kindled a concomitant interest in linking dietary choices to microbiome variation. Diet is …

Although there is associative evidence linking fecal microbiome profile to health and
disease, many studies have not considered the confounding effects of dietary intake …

Background The microbiome has been implicated in the initiation and persistence of
inflammatory bowel disease. Despite the fact that diet is one of the most potent modulators of …