Understanding the Gut Microbiota, 1st Edition
$228.80
- Hardcover
184 pages
- Release Date
24 February 2017
Summary
This book discusses the community of microbial species (the microbiota, microbiome), which inhabits the large bowel of humans. Written from the perspective of an academic who has been familiar with the topic for 40 years, it provides a long-term perspective of knowledge about this high profile and fast-moving topic. Building on general ecological principles, the book aims to help the reader to understand how the microbiota is formed, how it works, and what the consequences are to humans.
…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781118801420 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1118801423 |
| Author: | Gerald W. Tannock |
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Imprint: | John Wiley & Sons Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 184 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 24 February 2017 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 15mm x 175mm x 244mm |
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Gerald W. Tannock
Professor Gerald W. Tannock is based at the University of Otago and was awarded a Professorial Chair in 1996. He was awarded a Royal Society of New Zealand Silver Medal in 2000 for his contributions to science and technology and was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology in 2002.
Professor Tannock’s research concerns the communities of bacteria that inhabit the gastrointestinal tract of animals. Research projects include the microbiology of inflammatory bowel diseases, the use of a unique colony of Lactobacillus-free mice in investigating the molecular foundations of gut autochthony using lactobacilli as model bacteria, engineering bowel communities by dietary manipulation, and the impact of bifidobacterial species on the activation of human dendritic cells with respect to atopic diseases. Professor Tannock’s expertise has added an important microbiological facet to national and international, multi-disciplinary clinical studies in recent years.
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