Gut Microbiota

“Gut microbiota is an assortment of microorganisms inhabiting the gastrointestinal tract. The composition of this microbial community is host specific, evolving throughout an individual’s lifetime and susceptible to both exogenous and endogenous modifications. Recent renewed interest in the structure and function of this “organ” has illuminated its central position in health and disease. The microbiota is intimately involved in numerous aspects of normal host physiology, from nutritional status to behavior and stress response. Additionally, they can be a central or a contributing cause of many diseases, affecting both near and far organ systems. The overall balance in the composition of the gut microbial community, as well as the presence or absence of key species capable of effecting specific responses, is important in ensuring homeostasis or lack thereof at the intestinal mucosa and beyond. The mechanisms through which microbiota exerts its beneficial or detrimental influences remain largely undefined, but include elaboration of signaling molecules and recognition of bacterial epitopes by both intestinal epithelial and mucosal immune cells. The advances in modeling and analysis of gut microbiota will further our knowledge of their role in health and disease, allowing customization of existing and future therapeutic and prophylactic

https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/jmf.2009.0178

https://ujcontent.uj.ac.za/vital/access/services/Download/uj:25080/SOURCE1?view=true

https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ajb/article/view/92778

https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ogidi_Odangowei/publication/333118245_GEOPHAGIC_PRACTICE_AND_ITS_POSSIBLE_HEALTH_IMPLICATIONS_-A_REVIEW/links/5cdc619e299bf14d959c379b/GEOPHAGIC-PRACTICE-AND-ITS-POSSIBLE-HEALTH-IMPLICATIONS-A-REVIEW.pdf

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Thanks for posting @ScoobyDoobie

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https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1365-2982.2010.01664.x

Microbial genes, brain & behaviour – epigenetic regulation of the gut–brain axis

Differences between the gut microflora of children with autistic spectrum disorders and that of healthy children

The effect of host genetics on the gut microbiome

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Thanks @ScoobyDoobie!

I had not realized how far we had come on this subject. This shit fo real!

It is estimated that the human gut harbours more than 3.3 million non‐human genes (Zhu et al. 2010), making the 23 285 human protein‐coding genes currently annotated in the ENSEMBL database (http://www.ensembl.org) appear almost negligible.

Makes knowing it in your gut take on a whole new meaning…

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Where do you find the time :joy:

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