Insights of gut microbiota: Probiotics and Bioactive Compounds

SIVIERI, K.; SÁYAGO AYERDI, S.; BINETTI, A. G.

Frontiers Media

Lugar: Luasanne; Año: 2021 p. 241

978-2-88971-922-8

The human body harbors a multitude of microorganisms, including bacteria, fungi, archaea, andviruses, which exist in a symbiotic relationship with their host. The entirety of these commensals isreferred to as the microbiota, and their collective genomic information as the human microbiome.The human microbiome has emerged as a crucial component in health and disease. It is becomingincreasingly recognized that the microbiome can change our health status, or switch on a widerange of diseases including cancer, cardio-metabolic diseases, allergies, and obesity. In this way,probiotics and bioactive compounds may modulate the gut microbiota. The objective of thisResearch Topic is to show how probiotics and bioactive compounds can modulate the intestinalmicrobiota. Thus, research on gut microbiota and probiotics is moving from an isolated area to onewith a range of possibilities. This Research Topic focuses on studies (including original research,perspectives, minireviews, commentaries, and opinion papers) that investigate and discuss: (1)The influence of probiotics on gut microbiota; (2) The influence of bioactive compounds on gutmicrobiota; (3) Methods, possibilities, and approaches to change and control gut microbiota, and(4) Experimental systems and approaches in gut microbiome research.This collection includes 20 research articles spanning diverse publication formats, including 14Original Research Articles, two Reviews, three Mini-reviews, and one Methods. Although different,the major articles have a similar objective of finding ways to modulate the intestinal microbiota.