Microbial ecology in states of health and disease workshop summary / Eileen R. Choffnes, LeighAnne Olsen, and Alison Mack, rapporteurs ; Forum on Microbial Threats ; Board on Global Health ; Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
| Author/creator | Emerging Viral Disease: The "One Health" Connection (Workshop) |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, |
| Description | xxv, 521 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Other author/creator | Choffnes, Eileen R. |
| Other author/creator | Olsen, LeighAnne. |
| Other author/creator | Mack, Alison. |
| Other author/creator | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats. |
| Other author/creator | Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health. |
| Abstract | "Individually and collectively, resident microbes play important roles in host health and survival. Shaping and shaped by their host environments, these microorganisms form intricate communities that are in a state of dynamic equilibrium. This ecologic and dynamic view of host-microbe interactions is rapidly redefining our view of health and disease. It is now accepted that the vast majority of microbes are, for the most part, not intrinsically harmful, but rather become established as persistent, co-adapted colonists in equilibrium with their environment, providing useful goods and services to their hosts while deriving benefits from these host associations. Disruption of such alliances may have consequences for host health, and investigations in a wide variety of organisms have begun to illuminate the complex and dynamic network of interaction - across the spectrum of hosts, microbes, and environmental niches - that influence the formation, function, and stability of host-associated microbial communities. Microbial ecology in states of health and disease is the summary of a workshop convened by the Institute of Medicine's Forum on Microbial Threats in March 2013 to explore the scientific and therapeutic implications of microbial ecology in states of health and disease. Participants explored host-microbe interactions in humans, animals, and plants; emerging insights into how microbes may influence the development and maintenance of states of health and disease; the effects of environmental change(s) on the formation, function, and stability of microbial communities; and research challenges and opportunities for this emerging field of inquiry"-- Source other than Library of Congress. |
| General note | Workshop title from Institute of Medicine website. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2014497640 |
| ISBN | 9780309290623 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 0309290627 (pbk.) |
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