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This book provides a comprehensive examination of the role of gut microbiome/microflora in nutrition, metabolism, disease prevention and health issues, including farm animal health and food value, and human gastrointestinal health and immunity. Indigenous microbiotas, particularly the gut microflora/microbiome, are an essential component in the modern concept of human and animal health. The diet and lifestyle of the host and environment have direct impact on gut microflora and the patterns of gut microbial colonization associated with health and diseases have been documented. Contributing authors cover the impact of gut microbiome in farm animal health, and explore the possibility of modulating the human gut microbiome with better animal products to prevent human diseases, including endemic and emerging diseases such as obesity, cancer and cardiac diseases. Dieting plan and control methods are examined, with attention paid to balance dieting with natural food and drink components. In addition, the role of gut microbiota in enteric microbial colonization and infections in farm animals is also discussed. The volume also explores the possibility of improving human health by modulating the microbiome with better food, including bio-active foods and appropriate forms of intake. Throughout the chapters, authors examine cutting edge research and technology, as well as future directions for better practices regarding emerging issues, such as the safety and production of organic food.

Microbiology. --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Nutrition   . --- Food Microbiology. --- Food Science. --- Nutrition. --- Alimentation --- Food --- Nutrition --- Health --- Physiology --- Diet --- Dietetics --- Digestion --- Food habits --- Malnutrition --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Health aspects --- Microbiota intestinal --- Sistema immunitari --- Sistema immunològic --- Anatomia --- Immunologia --- Cèl·lules immunocompetents --- Medul·la òssia --- Sistema limfàtic --- Flora gastrointestinal --- Flora intestinal --- Flora microbiana intestinal --- Microbioma gastrointestinal --- Microbioma intestinal --- Microbiota gastrointestinal --- Microflora gastrointestinal --- Microflora intestinal --- Microbiota --- Biotechnology.

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This book examines the role of fermented foods on human gut health and offers a unique contribution to this rapidly growing area of study. Fermented foods have been consumed by humans for millennia. This method of food preservation provided early humans with beneficial bacteria that re-populated the gut microbiota upon consumption. However, novel methods of production and conservation of food have led to severed ties between the food that modern humans consume and the gut microbiota. As a consequence, there has been a documented increase in the prevalence of autoimmune diseases and obesity, which has been correlated to decreased diversity of gut microbes, while infectious disorders have decreased in the three past decades. With the intention of providing a thorough overview of the relationship between fermented foods, nutrition, and health, the editors have grouped the chapters into three thematic sections: food and their associated microbes, the oral microbiome, and the gut microbiome. After an introduction dedicated to the environmental microbiome, Part I provides an overview of what is currently known about the microbes associated with different foods, and compares traditional forms of food preparation with current industrial techniques in terms of the potential loss of microbial diversity. The chapters in Part 2 explore the oral microbiota as a microbial gatekeeper and main contributor to the gut microbiota. Part 3 introduces beneficial modulators of the gut microbiome starting with the establishment of a healthy gut microbiota during infancy, and continuing with the role of probiotics and prebiotics in health preservation and the imbalances of the gut microbiota. In the final section the editors offer concluding remarks and provide a view of the future brought by the microbiome research revolution. This study is unique in its emphasis on the convergence of two very relevant fields of research: the field of studies on Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) and fermented foods, and microbiome research. The relationship between these fields, as presented by the research in this volume, demonstrates the intimate connection between fermented foods, the oral and gut microbiota, and human health. Although research has been done on the impact of diet on the gut microbiome there are no publications addressing the restorative role of food as microbe provider to the gut microbiota. This novel approach makes the edited volume a key resource for scientific researchers working in this field.

Fermented foods --- Gastrointestinal system --- Functional foods. --- Microbiology. --- Designer foods --- Medicinal food --- Medicinal foods --- Neutraceuticals --- Neutriceuticals --- Nutraceuticals --- Nutriceuticals --- Pharmafoods --- Food --- Prebiotics --- Probiotics --- Food, Fermented --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Nutrition   . --- Food Microbiology. --- Food Science. --- Nutrition. --- Alimentation --- Nutrition --- Health --- Physiology --- Diet --- Dietetics --- Digestion --- Food habits --- Malnutrition --- Microbial biology --- Biology --- Microorganisms --- Health aspects --- Microbiota intestinal --- Microbiota --- Flora microbiana --- Microbioma --- Microbioma humà --- Microflora --- Microorganismes --- Flora gastrointestinal --- Flora intestinal --- Flora microbiana intestinal --- Microbioma gastrointestinal --- Microbioma intestinal --- Microbiota gastrointestinal --- Microflora gastrointestinal --- Microflora intestinal

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This book aims to introduce the latest research in gut microbiota by systematically summarizing how it modulates the pathogenesis of organ injury including alimentary tract injury, liver injury, lung injury, brain injury, renal injury, heart and vascular injury, endocrine disorders, immune responses and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome (MODS) during sepsis. Gut microbiota which is recognized as a new “organ” in the body has been demonstrated to be able to regulate the homeostasis of many organs. The key role played by gut microbiota is the hotspot in biomedical research nowadays. This book provides a state-of-the-art report on recent discoveries regarding the novel insight into the mechanisms of human diseases progression. It will also offer the overall picture of the pathophysiologic roles of gut microbiota. This book is helpful for graduate students and professional researchers to get the knowledge of frontiers in both gut microbiota and organ injury.

Gastrointestinal system --- Prebiotics --- Probiotics --- Microbiology. --- Medical microbiology. --- Human physiology. --- Molecular biology. --- Medical Microbiology. --- Human Physiology. --- Molecular Medicine. --- Molecular biochemistry --- Molecular biophysics --- Biochemistry --- Biophysics --- Biomolecules --- Systems biology --- Human biology --- Medical sciences --- Physiology --- Human body --- Microbiota intestinal --- Malalties intestinals --- Enteropatia --- Enteropaties --- Malalties dels intestins --- Malalties de l'aparell digestiu --- Diarrea --- Disenteria --- Malalties de l'anus --- Malalties del còlon --- Malalties del recte --- Obstrucció intestinal --- Restrenyiment --- Flora gastrointestinal --- Flora intestinal --- Flora microbiana intestinal --- Microbioma gastrointestinal --- Microbioma intestinal --- Microbiota gastrointestinal --- Microflora gastrointestinal --- Microflora intestinal --- Microbiota