GUT MICROBIOME AND HUMAN HEALTH: A REVIEW

Abstract

Our body is comprised of trillions of bacteria, virus, fungi etc. The term "microbiome" refers to them all together. In contrast to human health, some of the bacteria are linked to illnesses that are critical to the immune system, heart, and weight. In fact, most of the microbes in our intestines are found in a pocket of our large intestine called the caecum. They are referred to as a gut microbiome.  In fact, there are more bacterial cells in our body that are human cells.Thereare roughly 40 trillion of bacterial cells in our body while the number of human cells are nearly 30 trillion.The gut microbiome refers to all of the microbes present in our intestine,which acts as another organ to live with microbes with millions of years.In the present review the the composition of gut microbiome and their function towards human health is discussed. Microbes have played a very important role in human body. From birth and throughout life, the gut microbiota influences the body by regulating the immune system, central nervous system, and other physiological processes as well as food digestion. The gut microbiota and its benefits for human health are the main topics of this review.