Periodontal disease is classically characterized by progressive destruction of the soft and
hard tissues of the periodontal complex, mediated by an interplay between dysbiotic …

Microbe–host communication is essential to maintain vital functions of a healthy host, and its
disruption has been associated with several diseases, including Crohn's disease and …

Trillions of microbes survive and thrive inside the human body. These tiny creatures are
crucial to the development and maturation of our immune system and to maintain gut …

The human microbiota is a diverse microbial ecosystem associated with many beneficial
physiological functions as well as numerous disease etiologies. Dominated by bacteria, the …

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are chronic medical disorders characterized by recurrent
gastrointestinal inflammation. While the etiology of IBD is still unknown, the pathogenesis of …

Although bacteriophages have been overshadowed as therapeutic agents by antibiotics for
decades, the emergence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and a better understanding of the …

A diverse range of normal flora populates the human skin and numbers are relatively
different between individuals and parts of the skin. Humans and normal flora have formed a …

The purpose of this review is to provide medical researchers, especially those without a
bioinformatics background, with an easy-to-understand summary of the concepts and …

The human body is colonized by a wide range of microorganisms. The field of viromics has
expanded since the first reports on the detection of viruses via metagenomic sequencing in …

The application of 'omic techniques including, but not limited to genomics/metagenomics,
transcriptomics/meta-transcriptomics, proteomics/meta-proteomics, and metabolomics to …