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Role of food technology for healthy human microbiome

Interactions between human microbiota and their hosts play a pivotal role in health and disease.

Ingrid S Surono (The Jakarta Post)
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Wed, June 27, 2018 Published on Jun. 27, 2018 Published on 2018-06-27T08:41:54+07:00

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Role of food technology for healthy human microbiome Because of their critical importance to humans, animals and the environment, World Microbiome Day will be inaugurated on June 27. (Shutterstock/File)

M

icrobes exist everywhere, inside and outside of the human body, as well as provide food, protect human health and shape our bodies. 

The collective genes and genomes of the 100 trillion resident microbiota in humans are known as the human microbiome. They number 1.3 times the amount of human cells, with 95 percent located in the gastrointestinal tract, mostly in the colon. Because of their critical importance to humans, animals and the environment, World Microbiome Day will be inaugurated on June 27.

Interactions between human microbiota and their hosts play a pivotal role in health and disease.

Faecalibacterium prausnitzii is the most abundant commensal bacterium in the human intestinal microbiota of healthy adults. Each individual has their own unique gut microbiota, and 90 percent of diseases are linked to gut microbiome. 

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