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Selected aspects of the human gut microbiota

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The gut microbiota represents a highly complex assembly of microbes, which interact with each other and with their host. These interactions have various implications in terms of health and disease, and this multi-author review issue will address a number of selected aspects pertaining to gut microbiota research.

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  1. Laboratory of Probiogenomics, Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, Microbiome Research Hub, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

    Marco Ventura

  2. School of Microbiology, APC Microbiome Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

    Paul W. O’Toole & Douwe van Sinderen

  3. Laboratory of Microbiology, Wageningen University, 6708 PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Willem M. de Vos

  4. Department of Bacteriology and Immunology, University of Helsinki, 00100, Helsinki, Finland

    Willem M. de Vos

  5. School of Microbiology, National University of Ireland, Western Road, Cork, Ireland

    Douwe van Sinderen

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Contributions

(1) Early microbiota, antibiotics and health. Alicja M. Nogacka, Nuria Salazar, Silvia Arboleya, Marta Suárez, Nuria Fernández, Gonzalo Solís, Clara G. de los Reyes-Gavilán, and Miguel Gueimonde. (2) Role of gut microbiota in aging-related health decline; insights from invertebrate models. Rebecca I. Clark and David W. Walker. (3) Bifidobacteria and the infant gut: an example of co-evolution and natural selection. Francesca Turroni, Christian Milani, Sabrina Duranti, Chiara Ferrario, Gabriele Andrea Lugli, Leonardo Mancabelli, Douwe van Sinderen, and Marco Ventura. (4) Microbiome–health interactions in older people. Paul O’Toole and Ian B. Jeffery. (5) Gut microbiota changes in the extreme decades of human life: a focus on centenarians. Aurelia Santoro, Rita Ostan, Marco Candela, Elena Biagi, Patrizia Brigidi, Miriam Capri, and Claudio Franceschi. (6) Mouse models for human intestinal microbiota research: a critical evaluation. Floor Hugenholtz and Willem M de Vos.

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Ventura, M., O’Toole, P.W., de Vos, W.M. et al. Selected aspects of the human gut microbiota. Cell. Mol. Life Sci. 75, 81–82 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00018-017-2669-8

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