Geography, Ethnicity or Subsistence-Specific Variations in Human Microbiome Composition and Diversity

Geography, Ethnicity or Subsistence-Specific Variations in Human Microbiome Composition and Diversity

One of the fundamental issues in the microbiome research is characterization of the healthy human microbiota. Recent studies have elucidated substantial divergences in the microbiome structure between healthy individuals from different race and ethnicity. This review provides a comprehensive account of such geography, ethnicity or life-style-specific variations in healthy microbiome at five maj...

Ethnicity specific microbial signatures in the oral microbiome

The uses of race and ethnicity in human microbiome research.

Research on the human microbiome is beginning to address factors associated with between-group differences. Recognition of the social and political nature of traditional race and ethnicity categories will allow microbiome research to contribute to reduction of health disparities while avoiding attribution of causal inference to specific race and ethnicity categories.

Comparison of Composition and Diversity of Bacterial Microbiome in Human Upper and Lower Respiratory Tract

inTroducTion Microbiome residing in the airways and parenchymal tissues, as a biological barrier of respiratory tract, plays an important role in maintaining the normal functions of individual’s respiratory system and preventing the invasion and colonization of exogenous pathogens.[1] Changes of microbial community may result in the occurrence and progression of infectious pneumonia and acute e...

Human Microbiome

Humans are almost identical in their genetic pattern, but the slight differences in our DNA lead to remarkable phenotypic variation among the human population. There are a variety of microbial communities and their genes (microbiomes) in the human body that play an essential role in human health and disease. The microbes inhabiting our bodies is quite a bit more variable, with only a third of i...