Humans and other organisms harbour microbiomes, communities of microorganisms which are mostly beneficial but can sometimes cause disease. This book explains how and why our health and wellbeing depend on our resident microbiomes, providing readers with the knowledge to judge claims about microbiome-based applications.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Acknowledgements
- List of illustrations
- 1: Living with microbes
- 2: How to get and keep a microbiome
- 3: Microbiomes, nutrition, and metabolic health
- 4: Microbiomes, the brain, and behaviour
- 5: Microbiomes and infectious disease
- 6: Plant microbiomes in agriculture and food production
- 7: Microbial therapies and healthy microbiomes
- Glossary
- Further reading
