Microbiome Overview Part 2 Flashcards
Traditional View of Microbiome (4)
(1) Unavoidable expansion of microbial ecosystems in exposed body spaces
(2) Symbiotic host-microbe relationship
(3) Interface for immune recognition of microbial antigens
(4) Microbes confined by surfaces of host compartments
Symbiotic relationship based on
Accessing and processing nutrients
Confinement to host compartments
Can be disrupted and cause disease
Evolving view of microbiome
There is highly regulated microbial/host interactions and different faucets
Continuous and interchanging interactions between host and microbes and differences in…
Immunology, metabolism, neurology (behavior), co-evolution
Number of species in GI microbiota per individual
> 160 (124 studies)
Predominant Genera in GI microbiota
Firmicutes –> Bacteriodetes –> Actinobacteria –> Verrucomicrobiota
Types of Firmicutes
Lactobacillus, mycoplasma, bacillus, clostridium…
General of Firmicutes
> 250
Genera of Bacteroidetes
~20
Core mircobibiome
18 species shared in all participants in GI microbiome (huge variability)
Normal bacterial colonisation populated through
Maternal vaginal/fecal flora and oral feeding (breast vs formumla)
Age of complete adult colonization of gut microbiota
3 years
Factors affecting gut microbiome (7)
Genetics + Birth Route + Geography + Hygiene + Diet/nutrition + Stress + Drugs
Microbiome complexity and stability
Increase to adult and then decrease in elderly
Microbiome complexity and diversity over time in healthy (3)
Protects against pathogens + Train and stimulate the IS + Supply nutrients, energy, vitamins, SCFAs
Microbiome complexity and diversity over time due to perturbation (4)
Local and systemic inflammation + Oxidative stress + Increase in GNB and infection with opportunistic bacteria + altered metabolite production
Perturbations led to
Infectious disease + metabolic disease + Inflammatory disorders
Perturbations and IBD
Contributes to different stages of disease (maybe)
Perturbations rapidly decrease
Microbiome complexity and stability
Microbiome acquired from
Immediate environment after birth
Steps to obtaining microbiome in infant
1) Obtain microbes from mother and environment with mode of delivery having impact
2) Microbial succession for 1-2 years
3) Microbiome becomes adult like in 1-2 years
Caesarean section has microbes similar to
Mom’s skin
Mom’s body habitats
Very different from each other
Species of bacteria in baby over 1-2 years
Firmicutes mostly –> Actinobacteria –> Firmi and bacteriodetes but really all kinds
Microbiome changes with (6)
Age, puberty, pregnancy, diet, medical conditions and treatment, pets…
How the microbiome changes (4)
Kinds of microbes present, number of each type, relative amount of each microbe, active genes even if kind and number of microbe do not change