Metagenomics of the Human Body

About this book

Metagenomics of the Human Body brings a completely different perspective than available books by combining the information gained from the human genome with that derived from parallel metagenomic studies, and new results from investigating the effects of these microbes on the host immune system. Although there are a number of books that focus on the human genome that are currently available, there are no books that bring to the forefront the mix of the human genome and the genomes and metagenomes of the microbial species that live within and on us.

Contents

Preface: The Human Genome and the Human Microbiome
Chapter 1: The Human Genome, Microbiome and Disease
Chapter 2: Host Genotype and the effect on Microbial Communities
Chapter 3: The Human Microbiome and Host-Pathogen Interactions
Chapter 4: The Human Virome
Chapter 5: Selection and Sequencing of Strains as References for Human Microbiome studies
Chapter 6: The Human Vaginal Microbiome
Chapter 7: The Human Lung Microbiome
Chapter 8: The Human Skin Microbiome in Health and Skin Diseases
Chapter 9: The Human Oral metagenome
Chapter 10: Infectogenomics: aspect of Host Responses to Microbes in the Digestive Tract
Chapter 11: Autoimmune Disease and the Human Metagenome
Chapter 12: Metagenomic applications and the potential for understanding chronic liver disease
Chapter 13: Symbiotic gut microbiota and the modulation of human metabolic phenotypes
Chapter 14: MetaHIT: The European Union Project on Metagenomics of the Human Intestinal Tract
Chapter 15: Implications of Human Microbiome Research for the Developing World

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Biography

Dr. Karen E. Nelson is the Director of the Rockville Campus of the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI) where she has been for the past 14 years. She was formerly the Director of Human Microbiology and Metagenomics in the Department of Human Genomic Medicine at the JCVI. She has authored or co-authored over 100 publications, and is currently Editor-in-Chief of the Springer journal Microbial Ecology. She is also a standing member of the NRC Committee on Biodefense, a member of the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Communications Committee and a Fellow of the ASM.