Metagenomics of the human body / Karen E. Nelson, editor ; foreword by Jane L. Peterson and Susan Garges. -- New York : Springer, 2011. – (59.34/M587)

Contents

1  The Human Genome, Microbiomes, and Disease

2  Host Genotype and the Effect on Microbial Communities .

3  The Human Microbiome and Host-Pathogen Interactions.

4  The Human Virome

5  Selection and Sequencing of Strains as References for Human Microbiome Studies

6  The Human Vaginal Microbiome

7  The Human Lung Microbiome

8  The Human Skin Microbiome in Health and Skin Diseases

9  The Human Oral Metagenome

10  Retraction: The Human and His Microbiome Risk Factors for Infections

11  Retraction: Infectogenomics: Aspect of Host Responses to Microbes in Digestive Tract

12  Autoimmune Disease and the Human Metagenome

13  Metagenomic Applications and the Potential for Understanding Chronic Liver Disease

14  Symbiotic Gut Microbiota and the Modulation of Human Metabolic Phenotypes

15  MetaHIT: The European Union Project on Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract

16  Implications of Human Microbiome Research for the Developing World

Index