Bugs as drugs : therapeutic microbes for the prevention and treatment of disease /

Examining the enormous potential of microbiome manipulation to improve health.

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Britton, Robert A. (Robert Allen) (Editor), Cani, Patrice D. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2018]
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • A. Traditional probiotic approaches. 1. Biochemical features of beneficial microbes : foundations for therapeutic microbiology / Melinda A. Engevik and James Versalovic
  • 2. The genomic basis of lactobacilli as health-promoting organisms / Elisa Salvetti and Paul W. O'Toole
  • 3. Bifidobacteria and their health-promoting effects / Claudio Hidalgo-Cantabrana, Susana Delgado, Lorena Ruiz, Patricia Ruas-Madiedo, Borja Sánchez, and Abelardo Margolles
  • B. Next-generation bacteriotherapy : opportunities in chronic diseases. 4. Microbial interactions and interventions in colorectal cancer / Terence van Raay and Emma Allen-Vercoe
  • 5. Microbial impact on host metabolism : opportunities for novel treatments of nutritional disorders? / Hubert Plovier and Patrice D. Cani
  • 6. Therapeutic opportunities in the vaginal microbiome / Gregor Reid
  • 7. Lung microbiota and its impact on the mucosal immune phenotype / Benjamin G. Wu and Leopoldo N. Segal
  • 8. Microbiota, liver diseases, and alcohol / Anne-Marie Cassard, Philippe Gérard, and Gabriel Perlemuter
  • 9. The potential of probiotics as a therapy for osteoporosis / Fraser L. Collins, Naiomy D. Rios-Arce, Jonathan D. Schepper, Narayanan Parameswaran, and Laura R. McCabe
  • 10. Ecological therapeutic opportunities for oral diseases / Anilei Hoare, Philip D. Marsh, and Patricia I. Diaz
  • C. Control of infectious disease by microbes. 11. Control of Clostridium difficile infection by defined microbial communities / James Collins and Jennifer M. Auchtung
  • 12. Fecal microbiota transplantation : therapeutic potential for a multitude of diseases beyond Clostridium difficile / Guido J. Bakker and Max Nieuwdorp
  • 13. Enterococci and their interactions with the intestinal microbiome / Krista Dubin and Eric G. Palmer
  • D. Next-generation microbial therapeutics : tools and regulation. 14. Engineering diagnostic and therapeutic gut bacteria / Brian P. Landry and Jeffrey J. Tabor
  • 15. Use of traditional and genetically modified probiotics in human health : what does the future hold? / Luis G. Bermúdez-Humarán and Philippe Langella
  • 16. Genetic tools for the enhancement of probiotic properties / Laura Ortiz-Velez and Robert Britton
  • 17. Genome editing of food-grade lactobacilli to develop therapeutic probiotics / Jan-Peter van Pijkeren and Rodolphe Barrangou
  • 18. United States regulatory considerations for development of live biotherapeutic products as drugs / Sheila M. Dreher-Lesnick, Scott Stibitz, and Paul E. Carlson, Jr.
  • E. Indirect strategies to target microbiome function for health. 19. Bacteriophage clinical use as antibacterial drugs : utility and precedent / Stephen T. Abedon
  • 20. Modulation of the gastrointestinal microbiome with nondigestable fermentable carbohydrates to improve human health / Edward C. Deehan, Rebbeca M. Duar, Anissa M. Armet, Maria Elisa Perez-Muñoz, Mingliang Jin, and Jens Walter.