Microbial Dysbiosis and Approaches to Restore Microbial Homeostasis
A special issue of Microorganisms (ISSN 2076-2607). This special issue belongs to the section "Molecular Microbiology and Immunology".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 March 2025 | Viewed by 1160
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Interests: biofilm development and cell dispersion; COPD exacerbation; anti-microbial agent discovery; oral and systemic health linkage
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Dear Colleagues,
Microbial dysbiosis is characterized by an imbalance of microbial species and a reduction in microbial diversity relative to the normal state of homeostasis. Dysbiosis results in a decrease of beneficial bacteria (commensal) and correspondingly an increase in bacteria that may be harmful (pathogens). The main factors influencing the composition of a microbiome that may cause dysbiosis include pharmaceuticals, specifically antibiotics, nutrition as well as psychological and physical stress.
In this Special Issue, papers focused on the human microbiome and dysbiosis as manifested in the gastrointestinal tract, the oral cavity and the skin and approaches to restore microbial homeostasis including innovative biomaterials, natural products and chemical and biological methods as well as novel technologies to characterize microbiomes during dysbiosis and homeostasis are of interest.
For this special issue, we invite you to send original or review papers.
Prof. Dr. Zvi Loewy
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- biofilm
- commensal organisms
- pathogens
- inhibition
- eradication
- anti-microbials
- fecal microbial transplant
- microbiome
- dysbiosis, natural products
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