The blood microbiome and health: current evidence, controversies, and challenges

• Main Authors: Cheng, Hong Sheng, Tan, Sin Pei, Wong, David Meng Kit, Koo, Yolanda Wei Ling, Wong, Sunny Hei, Tan, Nguan Soon
• Other Authors: School of Biological Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2023
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Microbial Commensalism; Dysbiosis
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/169173
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Blood is conventionally thought to be sterile. However, emerging evidence on the blood microbiome has started to challenge this notion. Recent reports have revealed the presence of genetic materials of microbes or pathogens in the blood circulation, leading to the conceptualization of a blood microb...