Understanding the gut microbiota

Title:

Author:

Tannock, G. W. (Gerald W.), author.

ISBN:

9781118801369

9781118801345

9781118801413

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 174 pages, [10] unnumbered pages of supplemental images) : illustrations (some color)

Contents:

Introduction -- Prime facts -- A sense of community -- Assembling communities -- Bowel society -- Chemostat bowel -- Revealing secret lives -- Remembrance of microbes past -- Out of tune : dysbiosis -- We may be lost, but we're making good time.

Abstract:

"This book discusses the community of microbial species (the microbiota, microbiome), which inhabits the large bowel of humans. Written from the perspective of an academic who has been familiar with the topic for 40 years, it provides a long-term perspective of knowledge about this high profile and fast-moving topic. Building on general ecological principles, the book aims to help the reader to understand how the microbiota is formed, how it works, and what the consequences are to humans."--Provided by publisher.

Local Note:

John Wiley and Sons

Subject Term:

Gastrointestinal system -- Microbiology.

Intestine, Large.

Gastrointestinal system -- Diseases.

Intestines -- Microbiology.

Gastrointestinal Microbiome

Colon -- microbiology

Intestine, Large

Gastrointestinal Diseases

Gros intestin.