SWAB is primarily aimed at keeping pathogens in check, but it also monitors how the onboard
microbial ecology changes over time.
Not exact matches
In addition,
changes in the
microbial ecology of the mammalian digestive tract can harm the health of the host.
Those inhabiting the human body have received increased attention in recent years, owing to a greater appreciation of the interrelated nature of humans and their microbiome, an improved understanding of
microbial ecology, and an unprecedented ability to detect fine - scale
microbial community
changes with high - throughput sequencing technology (Human Microbiome Project Consortium, 2012).
Since bacteria are dependent upon whatever substrate is available,
changes to what we eat results in different types of
microbial ecologies, and hence affects the nature and quality of the bowel movement.