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Title
Human ocular microbiome : bacteria, fungi and viruses in the human eye / S. Shivaji.
ISBN
9789811917547 (electronic bk.)
981191754X (electronic bk.)
9789811917530 (print)
9811917531
Published
Singapore : Springer, 2022.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xxix, 290 pages) : illustrations.
Item Number
10.1007/978-981-19-1754-7 doi
Call Number
QR171.E9
Dewey Decimal Classification
617.7
Summary
This book provides an integrated review of the human ocular microbiome. It documents the discovery of ocular surface microbes by the conventional cultivable method and next generation sequencing technologies in both healthy and diseased (keratitis, uveitis, endophthalmitis, blepharitis, conjunctivitis etc.) eyes. The book further discusses the confounding factors that influence the microbiome, mycobiome and virome. The chapters cover niche-specificity with reference to skin, eyelid- margin, hands etc. It highlights the concept of core genera, dysbiosis and discriminating genera and covers the functional relevance of the dysbiotic microbiome, mycobiome and virome with respect to ocular diseases. The book includes topics on the relevance of molecular mechanisms, including quorum-sensing and mucin metabolism to ocular disorders, such as dry eye; and, microbiome-based therapies for treating of ocular disorders like vernal keratoconjunctivitis. The book is essential for microbiologists studying the human eye, ophthalmologists treating eye infection and trauma. It also caters to students of medical microbiology and medicine.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 23, 2022).
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Print version: 9789811917530
Chapter 1. Introduction: From the gut microbiome to the ocular surface microbiome: are they associated?
Chapter 2. The cultivable bacteria of the human eye
Chapter 3. The microbiome of the human eye
Chapter 4. Antimicrobial resistance in ocular bacteria
Chapter 5. The cultivable fungi of the human eye
Chapter 6. The Mycobiome of the human eye
Chapter 7. Viruses of the human eye
Chapter 8. Virome of the healthy human eye
Chapter 9. Virome of the diseased human eye
Chapter 10. Cellular and molecular basis of ocular diseases
Chapter 11. What we need to know about the human ocular microbiome.
