Metagenomics of the Human Body

• Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Άλλοι συγγραφείς: Nelson, Karen E. (Επιμελητής έκδοσης)
• Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
• Γλώσσα: English
• Έκδοση: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2011.
• Θέματα: Life sciences.; Microbial ecology.; Life Sciences.; Microbial Ecology.

Metagenomics of the Human Body introduces readers to the major findings from the human genome project and at the same time presents the crossover to the human metagenome/microbiome, which we are only starting to understand through the advent of newly emerging technologies and other developments. The...

Πίνακας περιεχομένων:

• Preface: The Human Genome and the Human Microbiome
• Chapter 1: The Human Genome, Microbiome and Disease
• Chapter 2: Host Genotype and the effect on Microbial Communities
• Chapter 3: The Human Microbiome and Host-Pathogen Interactions
• Chapter 4: The Human Virome
• Chapter 5: Selection and Sequencing of Strains as References for Human Microbiome studies
• Chapter 6: The Human Vaginal Microbiome
• Chapter 7: The Human Lung Microbiome
• Chapter 8: The Human Skin Microbiome in Health and Skin Diseases
• Chapter 9: The Human Oral metagenome
• Chapter 10: Infectogenomics: aspect of Host Responses to Microbes in the Digestive Tract
• Chapter 11: Autoimmune Disease and the Human Metagenome
• Chapter 12: Metagenomic applications and the potential for understanding chronic liver disease
• Chapter 13: Symbiotic gut microbiota and the modulation of human metabolic phenotypes
• Chapter 14: MetaHIT: The European Union Project on Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract
• Chapter 15: Implications of Human Microbiome Research for the Developing World.