Fecal Microbiota Transplantation and Other Gut Microbiota Manipulation Strategies.

The gut microbiota is composed of bacteria, archaea, phages, and protozoa. It is now well known that their mutual interactions and metabolism influence host organism pathophysiology. Over the years, there has been growing interest in the composition of the gut microbiota and intervention strategies in order to modulate it.

"Bacterial Consortium": A Potential Evolution of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for the Treatment of Infection.

Fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) consists of infusion of feces from a donor to a recipient patient in order to restore the resident microbial population. FMT has shown to be a valid clinical option for infections (CDI). However, this approach shows several criticalities, such as the recruiting and screening of voluntary donors.