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Gut Microbiome and Its Impact on Health and Diseases

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Diversity of the gut microbiota can be attributed to diets, lifestyle, and daily practices, including antibiotic/antimicrobial use and sanitation/cleanness of the host’s environment. These factors can also be linked to the prevalence of acute or chronic diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, obesity, and allergies. Therefore, the diversity of the external environment and its microbiome, or microbial ecology, will play significant roles in building and shaping the microbiome in the human body. However, the various sources from which these microbes can originate, the conditions that affect their survival, and the capability of future colonization are not yet fully understood. In this chapter, we aim to discuss some of the factors, specifically origin of various types of microbes/contributors, their survival ability in the environment, and their ecological balance.

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  • 29 June 2021

    The original version of this chapter was revised. The co-author Dr. Ashley Houser’s name has been incorrectly mentioned as “Ashely” instead of “Ashley”. This is now updated in the chapter “Contribution of Human and Animal to the Microbial World and Ecological Balance.”

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  1. Zabdiel Alvarado-Martinez, Ashely Houser, Joselyn Padilla, Nishi Shah, and Alana Young have contributed equally with all other contributors.

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    Zajeba Tabashsum, Zabdiel Alvarado-Martinez, Joselyn Padilla, Nishi Shah & Alana Young

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Tabashsum, Z., Alvarado-Martinez, Z., Houser, A., Padilla, J., Shah, N., Young, A. (2020). Contribution of Human and Animal to the Microbial World and Ecological Balance. In: Biswas, D., Rahaman, S.O. (eds) Gut Microbiome and Its Impact on Health and Diseases. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-47384-6_1

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