The human gut contains an extraordinary array of microorganisms existing in intricate symbiosis with the body. These microbiota, numbering in the trillions, play a crucial role in maintaining overall gut health and warding off disease. With as much as 15% of the global population suffering from Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) caused by improper composition of gut microbiota, understanding these organisms and their vital contribution to human health has never been more important.

The Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease provides a concise, accessible introduction to gut microbiota and their contribution to human health. It offers not only an overview of the relevant microbiota and their roles in the body, but also extended discussion of diseases caused by gut dysbiosis. It offers a crucial window into this growing body of research into a critical area of overall human health.

The Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease readers will also find:

Detailed analysis of dysbiotic health conditions including obesity, diabetes, and more
Thorough treatment of molecular techniques for analyzing gut microbial composition
Discussion of lowering diversity of the gut microbiome and the corresponding impact on global health
The Gut Microbiota in Health and Disease is essential for researchers and clinicians working in immunology, gastroenterology, clinical microbiology, and related fields, as well as for clinical dieticians and postgraduate or medical students studying in these areas.


TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 Structure and dynamics of the healthy adult Microbiota

2 Composition and Diversity of microbiota

3 Role of internal and external factors in dysbiosis of human microbiota

4 Antibiotics Induced changes on composition of Gut Microbiota

5 What is Dysbiosis and its varied impacts

6 Connection between diet and dysbiosis

7 Composition Of Gut Microbiota and Clostridium difficile

8 Gut Microbiota and obesity

9 Gut Microbiota and cardiovascular disease

10 Gut Microbiota and Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

11 Gut Microbiota and diabetes

12 Novel Therapeutic strategies targeting Gut microbiota to treat diseases

13 Understanding the role of microbiota in Cancer

14 Impact of Gut Microbiota on mental health in human

15 Interaction between gut microbiota, central and enteric nervous system- The gut- Brain axis concept.

16 Immune modulation and the gut microbiome

17 Current Molecular technologies for assaying the Gut Microbiota: Next generation DNA sequencing

18 Role of Probiotics and prebiotics in gut modulation

19 Probiotics, Prebiotics and Synbiotics: A potential source for a healthy gut

20 Current status and Efficacy of Fecal Microbiota transplantation(FMT) for patients suffering from irritable
bowel syndrome(IBS).