CHAPTER 24

Question 1

reinforce a normal microbiota into the gut of someone with an intestinal disease of bacterial origin and have the transplanted microbial community become established and exclude the disease-causing organisms

Answer 1

FECAL TRANSPLANT

Question 2

“live microorganisms which, when administered in adequate amounts, confers a health benefit on the host”

Answer 2

PROBIOTICS

Question 3

food additive that promotes the growth and activity of beneficial microorganisms, usually in the gastrointestinal tract

Answer 3

PREBIOTICS

Question 4

a mixture of probiotics and prebiotic that beneficially affects the host by altering the microbiome

Answer 4

SYNBIOTICS

Question 5

an alteration or imbalance of an individuals microbiome relative to the normal, healthy state, primarily observe in the microbiota of the digestive tract or the skin

Answer 5

DYSBIOSIS

Question 6

total microbial content in and on the human body

Answer 6

HUMAN MICROBIOME

Question 7

the types of organisms present in an environmental habitat, such as the human skin or the human gastrointestinal tract

Answer 7

MICROBIOTA

Question 8

a functional collection of different microbes in an environmental system such as the human body

Answer 8

MICROBIOME

Question 9

the entire population of viruses, including animal, microbial, and plant viruses, in an environmental system such as in and on the human body