Therapeutic Microbiology: Probiotics and Related Strategies

Breaks new ground in explaining the breakthroughs possible with therapeutic microbiology.

• Explores the potential and actual uses of the many methods for altering the microbiotas of humans and animals: probiotics, prebiotics, synbiotics, bacteriophages, and replacement therapy.
• Describes the biological principles underlying the manipulation of the indigenous microbiota and the biology of the effector organisms that have been utilized for this purpose.
• Discusses the many microbes that can potentially be used therapeutically and prophylactically.
• Serves as a reference to medical, dental and veterinary practitioners with an interest in alternative approaches to the prevention and treatment of microbial diseases.