The Human Microbiome- Lecture 10/4/21 Flashcards

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Human Microbiome (eco def)

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The community of microbiota inhabiting our bodies

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Human Microbiome (Genetic def)

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The collective genome of all of the microbiota inhabiting our bodies

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Human Microbiota

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All of the microbes inhabiting our body

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Colonized sites (6)

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Nares
Oral cavity
Skin
Small intestine
Proximal colon
Distal colon
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Maybe colonized site

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Stomach (in some people)

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Not colonized spots

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Blood

CNS/spinal fluid

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Functions of our symbiotic gut Microbiome (3)

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-Metabolic
-Immune and structural
Protective

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Dysbiosis of microbiota

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Associated with a wide variety of diseases

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Sterile mouse

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NO microbiome

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Infants first exposure to microbes

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Controversial, possibly birth and breast feeding

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Bifidobacteria

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Found in breast milk, thought to be first colonizer, helps baby digest complex sugars

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Hygiene hypothesis

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Growing up in too sterile an environment may cause dysbiota

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Other causes of dysbiota (2)

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  • Western lifestyle

- Abx usage

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Curing dysbiota (4)

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  • Diet
  • Prebiotics
  • Probiotics
  • Fecal microbiota transplant
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