Microbiomes - Current Knowledge and Unanswered Questions (Paperback, 1st ed. 2021)

This book examines an important paradigm shift in biology: Plants and animals, traditionally viewed as individuals, are now considered to be complex systems and host to a plethora of microorganisms. After first presenting historical aspects of microbiota research, bacterial compositions of individual microbiomes and the critical analysis of current methods, the book discusses how microbial communities inside the human body are profoundly affected by numerous factors, such as macro- and micro-nutrients, physical exercise, antibiotics, gender and age. As described by current research, the author highlights how microbiomes contribute to the fitness of the host by providing nutrients, inhibiting pathogens, aiding in the storage of fat during pregnancy, and contributing to development and behavior. The author not only focusses on prokaryotic components in microbiomes, but also addresses single-cell eukaryotes and viruses. This follow-up to the successful book The Hologenome Concept: Human, Animal and Plant Microbiota, published in 2013, provides a contemporary overview of microbiomes. It appeals to anyone working in the life sciences and biomedicine.

General

Imprint:	Springer Nature Switzerland AG
Country of origin:	Switzerland
Series:	The Microbiomes of Humans, Animals, Plants, and the Environment, 2
Release date:	March 2022
First published:	2021
Authors:	Eugene Rosenberg
Dimensions:	235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	431
Edition:	1st ed. 2021
ISBN-13:	978-3-03-065319-4
Categories:	Books > Medicine > Other branches of medicine > Pathology > Medical microbiology & virology Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Life sciences: general issues > Ecological science, the Biosphere Books > Science & Mathematics > Biology, life sciences > Microbiology (non-medical) > Bacteriology
LSN:	3-03-065319-6
Barcode:	9783030653194

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