role of the normal gut microbiota

• Published in: World journal of gastroenterology : WJG Vol. 21; no. 29; pp. 8787 - 8803
• Main Author: Jandhyala, Sai Manasa
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Baishideng Publishing Group Inc 07.08.2015
• Subjects: Age Factors; Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use; Bacteriological Techniques; Bacteroidetes - drug effects; Bacteroidetes - genetics; Bacteroidetes - physiology; Bioinformatics;Health; Computational Biology; Diet; Firmicutes - drug effects; Firmicutes - genetics; Firmicutes - physiology; function; Gastrointestinal Microbiome - drug effects; gut; Health Status; Homeostasis; Host-Pathogen Interactions; Humans; Immunomodulation; Intestines - drug effects; Intestines - microbiology; Metabolic; microbiota; Normal; Prebiotics; Probiotics - therapeutic use; Review; Synbiotics; Normal gut microbiota; Health; Immunomodulation; Bioinformatics; Metabolic function

Relation between the gut microbiota and humanhealth is being increasingly recognised. It is nowwell established that a healthy gut flora is largelyresponsible for overall health of the host. The normalhuman gut microbiota comprises of two major phyla,namely Bacteroidetes and Firmicutes. Though thegu...