Culturomics, a potential approach paving the way toward bacteriotherapy
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Published on: October 31, 2013
1Department of Experimental Pathology, Immunology and Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon.
Abstract:
The human microbiota has been extensively studied over the past decade to describe its role in health and diseases. Numerous studies showed the presence of bacterial imbalance in a variety of human health conditions, suggesting great potential for the development of bacteriotherapies. Identifying mechanisms involving the human microbiota has been very challenging due to the complex data generated by molecular approaches and the limited number of organisms isolated by culture and described. This review summarizes the efforts done to describe the human microbiota through culturomics and the advancements in culturing the organisms residing at different body sites.
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