Probiotichost
Probiotichost is a term used in microbiology to describe the host organism that harbors probiotic microorganisms. In most contexts, probiotic hosts are humans or other animals carrying live probiotic strains in the gastrointestinal tract, but the concept can also apply to plant or environmental hosts where beneficial microbes are introduced.
In a probiotic-host interaction, the host provides the niche, nutrients, and immune signals that influence probiotic
Applications of the probiotic-host concept include clinical use of probiotics to prevent or treat gastrointestinal disorders,
Research approaches include gnotobiotic animal models, metagenomics, transcriptomics, and in vitro gut simulators to study host–probiotic
Because the term is not universally standardized, sources may describe the same phenomenon using different terms.