Overview
- Discusses the composition and role of microbiomes in humans, animals and plants
- Illuminates the hologenome concept of evolution from different angles
- Reviews data on the role of beneficial microbiota in preventing and treating disease
Part of the book series: The Microbiomes of Humans, Animals, Plants, and the Environment (MHAPE, volume 2)
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About this book
This book examines an important paradigm shift in biology: Plants and animals, traditionally viewed as individuals, are now considered to be complex systems and host to a plethora of microorganisms. After first presenting historical aspects of microbiota research, bacterial compositions of individual microbiomes and the critical analysis of current methods, the book discusses how microbial communities inside the human body are profoundly affected by numerous factors, such as macro- and micro-nutrients, physical exercise, antibiotics, gender and age. As described by current research, the author highlights how microbiomes contribute to the fitness of the host by providing nutrients, inhibiting pathogens, aiding in the storage of fat during pregnancy, and contributing to development and behavior. The author not only focusses on prokaryotic components in microbiomes, but also addresses single-cell eukaryotes and viruses.
This follow-up to the successful book The Hologenome Concept: Human, Animal and Plant Microbiota, published in 2013, provides a contemporary overview of microbiomes. It appeals to anyone working in the life sciences and biomedicine.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microbiomes
Book Subtitle: Current Knowledge and Unanswered Questions
Authors: Eugene Rosenberg
Series Title: The Microbiomes of Humans, Animals, Plants, and the Environment
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-65317-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65316-3Published: 03 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-65319-4Published: 04 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-65317-0Published: 02 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2662-611X
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6128
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIII, 431
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations, 10 illustrations in colour
Topics: Microbial Ecology, Medical Microbiology, Bacteriology, Eukaryotic Microbiology, Virology