Gut Microbiota: A Neglected Organ? (5)

Future direction Enhancements in the big data available on the structure and function of the gut microbiome in healthy and diseased populations will improve our understanding of the role of the gut microbiome in disease genesis and its potential role in therapeutic...

Gut Microbiota: A Neglected Organ? (4)

What could microbiome analysis data reveal? Despite the technological advances, our knowledge of the exact structure and function of the human gut microbiome remains limited. The initial activities of the HMP and other microbiome consortia focused on defining the...

Gut Microbiota: A Neglected Organ? (3)

How to analyse the gut microbiome? For over 100 years, culture-based techniques were the gold standard for classifying microbes. However, these approaches are restricted to the small subset of microbes that survive isolation and specific laboratory growth conditions....

Gut Microbiota: A Neglected Organ? (2)

Gut microbiota – the neglected organ? Microorganisms are found everywhere in and on the human body. Interestingly, the majority are located throughout the length of the gastrointestinal tract, from the mouth to the rectum. Gut microbiota vary across the anatomical...