微生物组学研究的“淘金时代”

The “Gold Rush Era” for microbiome research

摘要:

人体及动物肠道中生存着数量庞大的共生微生物；这些微生物无时无刻不参与着宿主的生命活动。揭示这些共生微生物在宿主体内的变化规律、与宿主之间的依存和博弈关系等，将使人类更加全面的认知高等生物体的生命本质。本专刊从肠道微生物与疾病、肠道微生物群落结构、肠道微生物与宿主互作、肠道微生物资源和肠道微生物研究方法5个层面展示了我国科研工作者在肠道微生物研究领域的新进展及新观点。

Abstract:

A large number of commensal microorganisms inhabit the human and animal guts. These commensals participate in host life activities throughout the whole life course. Revealing the dynamic changes of the commensals, and the mutual dependency and competitive relationships between microorganisms and host will give us a comprehensive view on the life's essence of higher organisms. This special issue present domestic researchers' new progress and opinions in the field of gut microbes form the following five aspects:gut microbes and disease, gut microbial community structure, interaction between gut microbes and host, gut microbial resource and methods to study gut microbes.