Probiotics in obstetrics and gynecology—Where is the future?

Microbiome refers to the collective genomes of the microorganisms in a particular environment, and microbiota is the community of microorganisms themselves. Approximately 100 trillion microorganisms exist in the human gastrointestinal tract, and the microbiome is now best thought of as a virtual organ of the body. The human genome consists of about 23 000 genes, but the microbiome encodes over 3 million genes producing thousands of metabolites,...