The past five years have seen an explosion of human microbiome studies, most of which have associated changes in microbial ecology with human health or the environment [ 1, 7, 8, 81, 89, 94].
Microbial ecology provides the link between basic biochemical and molecular studies on toxicity reduction by microbial metabolism and environmental studies that determine exposure.
A western diet and lifestyle (i.e., a high calorie, high fat diet and a sedentary lifestyle) is widely reported to be associated with a less diverse microbial ecology than, for instance, a high fibre diet.
To use high throughput techniques to analyze intestinal microbial ecology in premature neonates, who are highly susceptible to perturbations of the luminal environment associated with necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and late-onset sepsis.
The detailed mechanics of the quorum-sensing system described by Hill and colleagues "are of immense interest to researchers in far-reaching fields, including biotechnology, medicine, microbial ecology, microbial communication, and biofilm formation," says Alison Buchan, an associate professor of microbiology at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Kartik Chandran, an environmental engineer and associate professor at Columbia University, has worked to marry microbial ecology, molecular biology and engineering to make wastewater an environmentally friendly resource.
Our framework provides a missing link towards a data-driven mechanistic microbial ecology.
Human milk oligosaccharides (HMOs), a complex mixture of glycan compounds, have been associated with the prevention of intestinal diseases, which are partially mediated by the modulation of the intestinal microbial ecology and immunological homeostasis [ 1, 2].
An associate professor in the Earth and Environmental Department of Columbia University, the 41-year-old New York native integrates microbial ecology, molecular biology and engineering to update the process of wastewater treatment.
