The gastrointestinal tract is a complex anaerobic microbial ecosystem containing a vast assemblage of resident microorganisms performing a multitude of metabolic activities that play a key role in health and disease of humans and animals.
I: Microbiota: Development, Characterization and Ecology.- 1 Development of Intestinal Microbiota.- 2 Biota of the Human Gastrointestinal Tract.- 3 Bacteria, Fungi, and Protozoa of the Rumen.- 4 Microorganisms in Hindgut Fermentors.- 5 Normal Microbiota of the Gastrointestinal Tract of Rodents.- 6 Bacteria in the Gastrointestinal Tract of Birds.- II: Molecular Ecology and Genetics.- 7 Molecular Ecology of Gastrointestinal Ecosystems.- 8 Genetics of Human Colonic Bacteroides.- 9 Genetics of Ruminai Anaerobic Bacteria.- III: Microbial Interactions.- 10 Microbe-Microbe Interactions.- 11 Modification of the Normal Microbiota by Diet, Stress, Antimicrobial Agents, and Probiotics.- 12 Influences of the Normal Microbiota on the Animal Host.- IV: Interactions Between Gut Microbes and Host.- 13 Colonization Resistance.- 14 Immunological Aspects of Host/Microbiota Interactions at the Intestinal Epithelium.- 15 Bacterial Pathogen Translocation Across the Gastrointestinal Barrier.- 16. Enteric Pathogens: Population Genetics and Pathogenesis of Escherichia coli and Vibrio cholerae Infections.