RT Book, Section
A1 Levinson, Warren
A1 Chin-Hong, Peter
A1 Joyce, Elizabeth A.
A1 Nussbaum, Jesse
A1 Schwartz, Brian
SR Print(0)
ID 1171923590
T1 The Human Microbiome
T2 Review of Medical Microbiology & Immunology: A Guide to Clinical Infectious Diseases, 16e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260116717
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1171923590
RD 2024/04/25
AB The  human  microbiome  is  the  term  used  to  describe  the  distinct  microbial  communities  that  inhabit  different  host  environments  on  the  body’s  skin  and  mucosal  surfaces.  Historically,  microbiologists  referred  to  microbial  populations  routinely  found  on  and  in  the  body  as  normal  flora.  The  term  microbiome  also  encompasses  all  of  the  genetic  material  associated  with  these  normal  constituents.  As  you  will  read  below,  the  genetic  capabilities  of  any  given  normal  flora  organism  can  have  profound  and  important  impacts  on  the  interactions  that  the  microbe  has  with  the  host.  The  establishment  of  the  human  microbiome  is  initiated  immediately  after  birth  and  is  a  necessary  and  normal  part  of  human  development.