Main description:

This book explains the potential value of microbiome and microbiome composition associated with human health and diseases. The opening chapters describe the current state of knowledge regarding the human microbiome structure, function, and diversity. The mechanisms of action and the various putative uses of human microbiome are then examined specific to healthy and disease conditions. Readers will find detailed information on its manipulation of human microbiome studies as well as its applied and translational aspects in the current field. The latest knowledge on probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, and postbiotics is presented, and specific cases to date are discussed. This book features knowledge from leading researchers working on different aspects of the human microbiome and its manipulation for better health. Overall, this book is an excellent source for microbiome researchers and students from all levels seeking the most up-to-date advancements in the field and also to point toward the future directions.

Contents:

Part I: Current State of Knowledge regarding the Human Microbiome Structure, Function, and Diversity.- Chapter 1. Impact of Dietary Habits, Ethnicity and Geographical Provenance in Shaping Human Gut Microbiome.- Chapter 2. Methods Used for Studying Human Microbiome.- Chapter 3. Factors Affecting Composition of the Human Microbiome.- Part II: Correlation of the Human Microbiome to Specific Health/Disease Conditions.- Chapter 4. Mapping the Microbial Metabolites in Metabolic Disorders.- Chapter 5. Human Microbiome in Malnutrition.- Chapter 6. Human Microbiome and the Immune System Functioning.- Chapter 7. Human Microbiome and the Susceptibility to Infections.- Chapter 8. Human microbiome and the neurological disorders.- Chapter 9. Exploring the Unexplored Arena: Butyrate As a Dual Communicator in the Gut-Brain Axis.- Chapter 10. Human Microbiome and Lifestyle Disorders.- Chapter 11. Correlation of Human Microbiome and Immune Functioning to Covid-19 Infections: An Overview.- Chapter 12. Exploring the Pathoprofiles of SARS-COV-2-infected Human Gut-Lungs Microbiome Crosstalks.- Chapter 13. Role of Human Microbiome in Cardiovascular Disease: Therapeutic Potential and Challenges.- Chapter 14. The Human Microbiome and Respiratory Diseases.- Part-III: Manipulation of the Human Microbiome for Better Health.- Chapter 15. Probiotics: An Emerging Strategy for Oral Health Care.- Chapter 16. Dietary Modulation of Nervous and Immune System: Role of Prebiotics/ Synbiotics/ Postbiotics.- Chapter 17. Probiotics for Skin Health.- Chapter 18. Human Microbiome and Autism-Spectrum Disorders.- Chapter 19. Psychobiotics as an Emerging Category of Probiotic Products.- Chapter 20. Probiotics for Vaginal Health.- Chapter 21. Interactions between Microbial Therapeutics and the Endogenous Microbiome.- Part IV: Applied and Translational Aspects.- Chapter 22. The Role of a Multi-Spore Probiotic in the Management of Metabolic Endotoxemia - A Major Driver of Chronic Illness.- Chapter 23. Characterization and Authentication of Probiotic Preparations.- Chapter 24. A Survey of Commercially Available Probiotics and Prebiotics.- Chapter 25. Regulatory Aspects Relevant to Probiotic Products.- Chapter 26. Probiotic Identity from Spore - Focus on Bacillus Probiotics.