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Beyond just bacteria: Functional biomes in the gut ecosystem including virome, mycobiome, archaeome and helminths
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Vemuri, R and Shankar, EM and Chieppa, M and Eri, R and Kavanagh, K, Beyond just bacteria: Functional biomes in the gut ecosystem including virome, mycobiome, archaeome and helminths, Microorganisms, 8, (4) pp. 1-24. ISSN 2076-2607 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.3390/microorganisms8040483
Abstract
Gut microbiota refers to a complex network of microbes, which exerts a marked influence
on the host’s health. It is composed of bacteria, fungi, viruses, and helminths. Bacteria, or collectively,
the bacteriome, comprises a significant proportion of the well-characterized microbiome. However,
the other communities referred to as ‘dark matter’ of microbiomes such as viruses (virome), fungi
(mycobiome), archaea (archaeome), and helminths have not been completely elucidated. Development
of new and improved metagenomics methods has allowed the identification of complete genomes
from the genetic material in the human gut, opening new perspectives on the understanding of
the gut microbiome composition, their importance, and potential clinical applications. Here, we
review the recent evidence on the viruses, fungi, archaea, and helminths found in the mammalian gut,
detailing their interactions with the resident bacterial microbiota and the host, to explore the potential
impact of the microbiome on host’s health. The role of fecal virome transplantations, pre-, pro-, and
syn-biotic interventions in modulating the microbiome and their related concerns are also discussed.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | rchaeome, fecal virome transplants, gut microbiota, helminths, mycobiome, virome |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Clinical sciences |
| Research Field: | Gastroenterology and hepatology |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Eri, R (Associate Professor Raj Eri) |
| ID Code: | 140095 |
| Year Published: | 2020 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 47 |
| Deposited By: | Health Sciences |
| Deposited On: | 2020-07-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2021-12-20 |
| Downloads: | 17 View Download Statistics |
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