Annual Review of Microbiology, 2015

The 69th volume of Annual Review of Microbiology (ARM) highlights major advancements in the field of microbiology. One of the important themes in the book explores the role of microbial diversity in the healthy and diseases states of the host. The chapter titled 'The pyromaniac inside you: salmonella metabolism in the host gut' explains how inflammation-derived nutrients facilitate colonization of Salmonella species and its influences on host metabolic pathways.