[Table/Fig-1]:

Implications of microbiome

Attributes of microbiome	Therapeutic implications
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