1. Gut Microbiota, Early Colonization and Factors in its Development that Influence Health2. Microbiota Short Chain Fatty Acid (Scfa) Production and Host Metabolism 3. Gut Microbiota Influence Bile Acid Metabolism to Effect Lipid and Glucose Metabolism, Energy Homeostasis and Inflammation4. Role of Gut Microbiota in Immune Homeostasis5. Direct Physiological Effects on Local Gi Function and Indirect Systemic Effects of Prebiotic Fructan Treatment and Its Role in Disease Prevention and Therapy6. Immune and Physiological Impairment and Intestinal-Based Diseases Associated with Gut Dysbiosis: Natural Therapeutic Use of Pre- and Probiotics7. Overview of Nondigestible Oligo- and Polysaccharides (Dietary Fiber): Prebiotics8. Prebiotic Fructans9. Dysbiosis of the Microbiota: Therapeutic Strategies Utilizing Dietary Modification, Pro- and Prebiotics and Fecal Microbial Transplant Therapies in Promoting Normal Balance and Local Gi Functions 10. Oral Dysbiosis and Periodontal Disease: Impaired Systemic Physiology and Metabolic Diseases, Effects of Various Therapeutic Strategies11. Intestinal Dysbiosis in Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Metabolic Diseases: Therapeutic Strategies Utilizing Pro- and Prebiotics12. Gut Microbiota in Brain Development and Disorders of the CNS: Therapeutic Strategies Involving Dietary Modification and Pro- and Prebiotic Intervention13. The Gut-Brain-Skin Axis and Role of Intestinal Dysbiosis in Acne Vulgaris: Therapeutic Effects of Pro- and Prebiotic Use14. Microbiota: Role of Dysbiosis in Urogential Infections