Some great work on microbiomes and
mycobiomes of insects and amphibians also made for some fascinating new results.
Not exact matches
But far less is known about the role
of the gut's fungal mix, or
mycobiome.
The review centers on a first
of its kind study in which researchers characterized the gut bacterial microbiota (bacteriome) and fungal community (
mycobiome) in a number
of families that had members with CD and healthy relatives.
Dr. Funari's research interests include developing new approaches for obtaining
mycobiome profiles in human disease and the translation
of next generation sequencing applications into the clinic and personalized medicine.
Using molecular tools, he and his colleagues conducted a study, published in Science in 2012, which showed that a large population
of fungal cells — called a
mycobiome — lives in the gut and likely plays a role in IBD.
BIOHM Health was founded by Dr. Ghannoum, the scientist who named the
mycobiome and one
of the world's leading experts in medically important fungus and microbiome sequencing.
So, the microbiome has had a lot
of interest in the last few years, and you've pioneered research into the fungal component, the
mycobiome, as you've mentioned.
Where we came into the mix, with me having my background as a biotech attorney and my father is, again, the scientist who named the
mycobiome, is that we found that everyone was talking about good bacteria and getting it into your gut, but what they were ignoring is that the microbiome
of your gut, and all your microbiomes, don't just have bacteria, they have fungi as well.