Diet and the Microbiome
The gut microbiota provides a range of ecologic, metabolic, and immunomodulatory functions relevant to health and well-being. The gut microbiota not only responds quickly to changes in diet, but this…
The Esophageal and Gastric Microbiome in Health and Disease
The esophagus and stomach are host to their own population of bacteria, which differs in health and disease. Helicobacter pylori uniquely colonizes only gastric mucosa, but an increasing number of…
Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth and Other Intestinal Disorders
Gut microbiota is the largest organ of the human body. Although growth of bacteria more than 10 5 colony forming unit (CFU) per milliliter in culture of upper gut aspirate…
Biology of the Microbiome 2
The human microbiome is a new frontier in biology and one that is helping to define what it is to be human. Recently, we have begun to understand that the…
From Culture to High-Throughput Sequencing and Beyond
Detailed knowledge of the community of organisms in the gut has become possible in recent years because of the development of culture-independent methods. Largely based on latest DNA sequencing platforms,…
