Bifidobacteria and Their Role in the Human Gut Microbiota

• Main Author: Francesca Turroni (auth)
• Other Authors: Marco Ventura (auth), David Berry (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Frontiers Media SA 2017
• Series: Frontiers Research Topics
• Subjects: Microbiology (non-medical); bifidobacteria; Genomics; Gut Microbiota; Ecology; Probiogenomics
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The human intestine is home of an almost inconceivable large number of microorganisms. The human gut microbiota can therefore be pictured as an organ placed within a host organism. The human gut microbiome, which in total may contain >100 times the number of genes present in our genome, endows us...