Microbiomes : a very short introduction / Angela E. Douglas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Douglas, Angela E., author.

Series:

Oxford Academic.

Very short introduction

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Microorganisms.

Microbiology.

Microbiomes of humans, animals, plants, and the environment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, [2022]

©2022

Summary:

Microbiomes: A Very Short Introduction provides a succinct overview of the communities of microorganisms that inhabit animals (including humans) and plants. Microbiomes are generally beneficial to their animal and plant hosts, functioning to promote healthy growth, to protect against infectious disease, and, in some animals, to support complex behavioural traits, such as learning and memory. However, under some circumstances, the microbiome can cause or exacerbate poor health and disease. Microbiomes studies are increasingly being harnessed, especially in biomedicine for improved human health, and in agriculture for crop production. With the increasing evidence that modern lifestyles and excessive use of antimicrobials are degrading microbiomes, microbiome research is providing routes for novel microbial therapies to restore health-promoting microbiomes in humans, other animals, and plants.

Contents:

Preface

List of illustrations

List of tables

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

Index.

Notes:

Description based on Publisher website; title from home page (viewed on September 12, 2022).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-19-264384-3

0-19-264383-5

0-19-191345-6

Publisher Number:

10.1093/actrade/9780198870852.001.0001 DOI