Examples of Human microbiome in the following topics:
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- The Human Microbiome Project (HMP) is a United States National Institutes of Health initiative aimed at identifying and characterizing the microorganisms which are found in association with both healthy and diseased humans .
- Total microbial cells found in association with humans may exceed the total number of cells making up the human body by a factor of ten-to-one.
- The total number of genes associated with the human microbiome could exceed the total number of human genes by a factor of 100-to-one.
- Organisms expected to be found in the human microbiome may generally be categorized as bacteria (the majority), archaea, yeasts, and single-celled eukaryotes as well as various helminth parasites and viruses, such as those that infect cellular microbiome organisms.
- Components of the human microbiome change over time, affected by a patient disease state and medication.
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- The human microbiome, or human microbiota, is the aggregate of microorganisms that reside on the surface and in deep layers of skin, in the saliva and oral mucosa, in the conjunctiva, and in the gastrointestinal tracts.
- Some of these organisms perform tasks that are useful for the human host.
- Their role forms part of normal, healthy human physiology; however, if microbe numbers grow beyond their typical ranges (often due to a compromised immune system) or if microbes populate atypical areas of the body (such as through poor hygiene or injury), disease can result.
- It is estimated that 500 to 1000 species of bacteria live in the human gut and a roughly similar number on the skin.
- Bacterial cells are much smaller than human cells, and there are at least ten times as many bacteria as human cells in the body (approximately 1014 versus 1013).
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- The human microbiome (or human microbiota) is the aggregate of microorganisms that reside on the surface and in deep layers of skin, in the saliva and oral mucosa, in the conjunctiva, and in the gastrointestinal tracts.
- Some of these organisms perform tasks that are useful for the human host.
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- In this context, gut is synonymous with intestinal, and flora with microbiota and microflora; the word microbiome is also in use.
- An effort to better describe the microflora of the gut and other body locations has been initiated (such as the Human Microbiome Project).
- An enterotype is a classification of living organisms based on its bacteriological ecosystem in the human gut microbiome.
- Three human enterotypes have been discovered.
- Summarize the relationship between the nonpathogenic gastrointestinal microbiota and the human hosts
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- The human microbiome (or human microbiota) is the aggregate of microorganisms that reside on the surface and in deep layers of skin, in the saliva and oral mucosa, in the conjunctiva, and in the gastrointestinal tracts.
- Their role forms part of normal, healthy human physiology.
- In this context, gut is synonymous with intestinal, and flora with microbiota and microflora, the word microbiome is also in use.
- It is the largest reservoir of human flora.
- The word microbiome is also in use.
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- Although humans host many beneficial bacteria, certain pathogens can penetrate host defenses and cause illness or disease.
- The human microbiome (or human microbiota) is the aggregate of microorganisms that reside on the surface and in deep layers of skin, in the saliva and oral mucosa, in the conjunctiva, and in the gastrointestinal tracts.
- Some of these organisms perform tasks that are useful for the human host.
- Many of the bacteria in the digestive tract, collectively referred to as the gut flora, are able to break down certain nutrients such as carbohydrates that humans otherwise could not digest.
- Recombination between human and pig influenza viruses led to the 2010 H1N1 swine flu outbreak.
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- The skin flora, more properly referred to as the skin microbiome or skin microbiota, are the microorganisms that reside on the skin.
- The skin flora, more properly referred to as the skin microbiome or skin microbiota, are the microorganisms that reside on the skin.
- Scanning electron microscope image of Staphylococcus epidermidis one of roughly 1,000 bacteria species present on human skin.
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