MICROBIOTA E NUTRIZIONE
Academic Year 2022/2023 - Teacher: Maria Carmela SANTAGATIExpected Learning Outcomes
The aim of the " Microbiota and nutrition" module is to deepen the knowledge of the structure and function of the human microbiome in health and disease. The student will learn the main functions of the intestinal microbiota essential for the health of the host such as metabolic functions, protection and their impact on development and function of mucosal immune system, also evaluating the main factors that can leading to a state of dysbiosis and/or eubiosis. During the course knowledge on the microbiota/human microbiome with metagenomic analyses and on bacterial strains producing bacteriocins with probiotic characteristics is deepened.
Course Structure
lessons , tutoring, laboratory activities, seminars.
Detailed Course Content
The interaction between microbiota and host, taxonomic and functional composition of the microbiota (oral, pharyngeal, gut microbiome), metagenomic and metabolomic analysis techniques,iprobiotics and prebiotics and their role in maintaining microbial eubiosis, application of bacteriotherapy, nutrition and function of the intestinal microbiota, bacteriotherapy and their applications.
Textbook Information
- Biologia dei microrganismi, Gianni Deho, Enrica Galli
- scientific publications
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interazione microbiota ed ospite, | |
| 2 | organizzazione tassonomica e funzionale del microbiota (microbioma gastrointestinale orale e nasofaringeo) | |
| 3 | tecniche di analisi metagenomiche e metabolomiche | |
| 4 | introduzione ai probiotici e prebiotici ed il loro ruolo nel mantenimento dell'eubiosi microbica | |
| 5 | applicazione della batterioterapia | |
| 6 | alimentazione e funzione del microbiota intestinale |