{"product_id":"understanding-the-gut-microbiota-isbn-9781118801420","title":"Understanding the Gut Microbiota","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the Gut Microbiota\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on conceptual progress made from studies of the human bowel microbiota. Where appropriate, it draws on knowledge obtained from other animal species to provide conceptual enlightenment, but this is essentially a book about humans and their bowel microbes. Particular research approaches are recommended to fill knowledge gaps so that fundamental ecological theory and information about the microbiota can be translated into benefits for human health. The relationship between food for humans and resulting food for bowel bacteria emerges as an important topic for consideration.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis concise scholarly treatise of the microbiota of the human bowel will be of great interest and use as a text and reference work for professionals, teachers and students across a wide range of disciplines, including the health sciences, general biology, and food science and technology. The provision of handy ‘explanation of terms’ means that those with a general interest in science can also read the book with enjoyment.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Prime Facts 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanation of Terms 15\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 A Sense of Community 19\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanation of Terms 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Assembling Communities 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanation of Terms 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Bowel Society 63\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Chemostat Bowel 71\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanation of Terms 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Revealing Secret Lives 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanation of terms 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Remembrance of Microbes Past 105\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 Out of Tune: Dysbiosis 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExplanation of Terms 130\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 We may be Lost, but we’re Making Good Time 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParticularly Important Considerations 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRunning Out of Fuel? 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of the Journey 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAddendum: A Brief Summary of Technological Aspects of ]omics 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Features of Nucleic Acid-based Technology 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOlder Electrophoretic Methods for Screening Microbiota Compositions 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFluorescent Probes (FISH\/FC) 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeasuring the Abundance of Bacterial Groups by qPCR 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUsing DNA Chips to Screen Microbiota Compositions 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDetailed Phylogenetic Analysis 154\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetagenomics: Determining the Functional Capacity of Microbiotas 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetatranscriptomics: Microbiota Biochemical Pathways in Action 156\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetaproteomics 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMetabolomics 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eProfessor Gerald W. Tannock\u003c\/b\u003e is based at the University of Otago and was awarded a Professorial Chair in 1996. He was awarded a Royal Society of New Zealand Silver Medal in 2000 for his contributions to science and technology and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2002.\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Tannock's research concerns the communities of bacteria that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of animals. Research projects include the microbiology of inflammatory bowel diseases, the use of a unique colony of Lactobacillus-free mice in investigating the molecular foundations of gut autochthony using lactobacilli as model bacteria, engineering bowel communities by dietary manipulation, and the impact of bifidobacterial species on the activation of human dendritic cells with respect to atopic diseases. Professor Tannock's expertise has added an important microbiological facet to national and international, multi-disciplinary clinical studies in recent years.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUnderstanding the Gut Microbiota\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on conceptual progress made from studies of the human bowel microbiota. 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