"The Chemistry of Microbiomes"

This book focuses on specific ecosystems—earth, marine, and human—and the last on all microbiome systems and summarizes discussions.

The 21st century has witnessed a complete revolution in the understanding and description of bacteria in eco- systems and microbial assemblages, and how they are regulated by complex interactions among microbes, hosts, and environments. The human organism is no longer considered a monolithic assembly of tissues, but is instead a true ecosystem composed of human cells, bacteria, fungi, algae, and viruses. As such, humans are not unlike other complex ecosystems containing microbial assemblages observed in the marine and earth environments. They all share a basic functional principle: Chemical communication is the universal language that allows such groups to properly function together. These chemical networks regulate interactions like metabolic exchange, antibiosis and symbiosis, and communication.

Contents
1 Introduction
2 Illuminating the Microbial Dark Matter Beneath Your Feet: Microbial Catalysis in the Terrestrial Subsurface
3 Life in High-Temperature Environments: Modern-Day Analogs of Early Earth Still Relevant Today
4 Advancing Our Understanding of the Chemistry of Soil Microbiomes
5 Envisioning a Chemical Metaproteomics Capability for Biochemical Research and Diagnosis of Global Ocean Microbiomes
6 Chemical Ecology: The Language of Microbiomes
7 Organic Nutrient Chemistry and the Marine Microbiome
8 Digitizing the Chemistry Associated with Microbes: Importance, Current Status, and Opportunities
9 Deciphering the Chemistry of the Human Gut Microbiome
10 Engineering the Microbiome for Human Health Applications
11 Talking with Molecules: Marine Bacteria and Microalgae
12 Genome-Scale Metabolic Modeling and Its Application to Microbial Communities
13 Epilogue
Appendix