[Table/Fig-1]:
Attributes of microbiome | Therapeutic implications |
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Compete with pathogens for nutrients | Colonization resistance, prevention or treatment of infections |
Bacteriocin and other inhibitory products | |
Biofilm formation | |
Alteration of pH (vagina) | |
Supplement nutrition and metabolism | Obesity, malnutrition, diabetes and dyslipidemia |
Regulate immune response | Hypersensitivity and autoimmune disorders |
Educate Immune system | Prevention of immune disorders and cancers |
Anti-inflammatory products | Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Altered microbiota | Diagnostic and prognostic marker |
Undescribed microbe / microbial genome | Source of novel bio-molecules Diagnostic and prognostic marker Evolutionary marker |
Modulate cancer macroenvironment | Prevention of malignancies |
Nuro-endocrine factors | Prevention or treatment of anxiety, depression, psychiatric or cognitive disorders |