6. FMT and defined microbiota: microbiota therapeutics
Scientific advances in recent years, along with the spectacular
successes
of FMT in the treatment of refractory CDI, introduced the
concepts
of microbial ecology to clinical medicine. We now recognize
that microbial communities cannot simply be understood as
mere
collections of individual organisms. Furthermore, we recognize
that these symbiotic microbial communities are integral to
normal
human physiology, and therefore represent a legitimate
therapeutic
target.