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Overview
This book uniquely addresses the impact, both positive and negative, of food-borne microbes on the host and their role in shaping the ecosystems of the gut and oral cavity. This book is a comprehensive reference for the general microbiology community, with particular interest to food and industrial microbiologists and those engaged in microbial ecology research.- Addresses the impact, both positive and negative, of food-borne microbes on the host and their role in shaping the ecosystems of the gut and oral cavity
- Organized to reflect the progression of the microflora along the food chain from production to consumption, and the connections with the environment and the host flora
- Promotes the stimulation of new ideas and new opportunities in future food microbiology research
Synopsis
This book uniquely addresses the impact, both positive and negative, of food-borne microbes on the host and their role in shaping the ecosystems of the gut and oral cavity. This book is a comprehensive reference for the general microbiology community, with particular interest to food and industrial microbiologists and those engaged in microbial ecology research.
- Addresses the impact, both positive and negative, of food-borne microbes on the host and their role in shaping the ecosystems of the gut and oral cavity
- Organized to reflect the progression of the microflora along the food chain from production to consumption, and the connections with the environment and the host flora
- Promotes the stimulation of new ideas and new opportunities in future food microbiology research
Doody Review Services
Reviewer:Rebecca T. Horvat, PhD, D(ABMM)(University of Kansas Medical Center)
Description:Usually a book with this title would describe the microorganisms found in food products that cause disease in humans. However, this book describes the effect of microbes in food on the health of humans and how the change in this microbial flora can lead to disease. The editors note that "food microbiology research is now evolving to consider complex microbial ecosystems.
Purpose:The purpose is to present scientific viewpoints about the microbial communities that exist in food, the environment, and different human physiological spaces. The research relating to these various areas is brought together in order to encourage a new view of how microbial interactions with human hosts may benefit or harm the health of the human host.
Audience:This book is written for scientists working in the food industry, nutritionists, medical practitioners, and microbiologists. It would be appropriate for an advanced course in microbial interactions with humans. The authors are from a variety of backgrounds and are all active in research in the area of host microflora and immune system balance.
Features:Chapters in the first section describe the microflora that are typically found in the human mouth and gastrointestinal tract and the microflora of common food products and water environments. This section focuses on the potential interactions of the numerous microflora in each niche. The next section focuses on the bacterial response to environment such as biofilms, how they sense the environment by signal transduction, the ability to survive in various foods, and in the presence of bile salts. An interesting and provocative chapter suggests that the lack of helminths in the gastrointestinal tract of humans in developed countries may contribute to the increased reactive immunological diseases found in people living in these countries. Later sections discuss antibiotic resistance that is carried by microbes in food and describe experimental models for studying these principles.
Assessment:This interesting book would be a good textbook for an advanced graduate course in microbiology. It is packed with intriguing ideas and interesting studies. Various sections show a complex biosystem inside and outside the human body in which microorganisms adapt and influence these environments.
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From The Critics
Reviewer: Rebecca T. Horvat, PhD, D(ABMM)(University of Kansas Medical Center)Description: Usually a book with this title would describe the microorganisms found in food products that cause disease in humans. However, this book describes the effect of microbes in food on the health of humans and how the change in this microbial flora can lead to disease. The editors note that "food microbiology research is now evolving to consider complex microbial ecosystems."
Purpose: The purpose is to present scientific viewpoints about the microbial communities that exist in food, the environment, and different human physiological spaces. The research relating to these various areas is brought together in order to encourage a new view of how microbial interactions with human hosts may benefit or harm the health of the human host.
Audience: This book is written for scientists working in the food industry, nutritionists, medical practitioners, and microbiologists. It would be appropriate for an advanced course in microbial interactions with humans. The authors are from a variety of backgrounds and are all active in research in the area of host microflora and immune system balance.
Features: Chapters in the first section describe the microflora that are typically found in the human mouth and gastrointestinal tract and the microflora of common food products and water environments. This section focuses on the potential interactions of the numerous microflora in each niche. The next section focuses on the bacterial response to environment such as biofilms, how they sense the environment by signal transduction, the ability to survive in various foods, and in the presence of bile salts. An interesting and provocative chapter suggests that the lack of helminths in the gastrointestinal tract of humans in developed countries may contribute to the increased reactive immunological diseases found in people living in these countries. Later sections discuss antibiotic resistance that is carried by microbes in food and describe experimental models for studying these principles.
Assessment: This interesting book would be a good textbook for an advanced graduate course in microbiology. It is packed with intriguing ideas and interesting studies. Various sections show a complex biosystem inside and outside the human body in which microorganisms adapt and influence these environments.