The human microbiota : how microbial communities affect health and disease / edited by David N. Fredricks.

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Blackwell, [2013], ©2013.

xiii, 362 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm

The NIH human microbiome project -- Methods for characterizing microbial communities associated with the human body -- Phyloarrays -- Mathematical approaches for describing microbial populations : practice and theory for extrapolation of rich environments -- Tension at the border : how host genetics and the enteric microbiota conspire to promote Crohn's disease -- The human airway microbiome -- Microbiota of the mouth : a blessing or a curse? -- Microtiota of the genitourinary tract -- Functional structure of intestinal microbiota in health and disease -- From fly to human : understanding how commensal microorganisms influence host immunity and health -- Insights into the human microbiome from animal models -- To grow or not to grow : isolation and cultivation procedures in the genomic age -- New approaches to cultivation of human microbiota -- Manipulating the indigenous microbiota in humans : prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.