Resource conflict and cooperation between human host and gut microbiota: implications for nutrition and health

• Published in: Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences Vol. 1372; no. 1; pp. 20 - 28
• Main Authors: Wasielewski, Helen, Alcock, Joe, Aktipis, Athena
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2016; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: conflict; Cooperation; Energy Metabolism; evolution; Food; Gastrointestinal Microbiome; Health; Humans; microbial ecology; microbiome; Nutritional Status; Symbiosis; Western diet; evolution; microbial ecology; microbiome; Western diet; conflict; cooperation

Diet has been known to play an important role in human health since at least the time period of the ancient Greek physician Hippocrates. In the last decade, research has revealed that microorganisms inhabiting the digestive tract, known as the gut microbiota, are critical factors in human health. Th...