EcoFABs: advancing microbiome science through standardized fabricated ecosystems

Microbiomes play critical roles in ecosystems and human health, yet in most cases scientists lack standardized and reproducible model microbial communities. The development of fabricated microbial ecosystems, which we term EcoFABs, will provide such model systems for microbiome studies.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Nature methods 2019-07, Vol.16 (7), p.567-571
Hauptverfasser:	Zengler, Karsten, Hofmockel, Kirsten, Baliga, Nitin S., Behie, Scott W., Bernstein, Hans C., Brown, James B., Dinneny, José R., Floge, Sheri A., Forry, Samuel P., Hess, Matthias, Jackson, Scott A., Jansson, Christer, Lindemann, Stephen R., Pett-Ridge, Jennifer, Maranas, Costas, Venturelli, Ophelia S., Wallenstein, Matthew D., Shank, Elizabeth A., Northen, Trent R.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	631/158 631/1647/767 631/326/2565 Animals BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES Bioinformatics biological and medical sciences Biological Microscopy biological models Biological Techniques Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedical Engineering/Biotechnology Comment ecology Ecosystem Ecosystems environmental sciences Host Microbial Interactions Humans Life Sciences Methods microbes Microbial activity microbial communities Microbiological research Microbiomes Microbiota Microbiota (Symbiotic organisms) Microorganisms Proteomics Reproducibility of Results
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Zusammenfassung:	Microbiomes play critical roles in ecosystems and human health, yet in most cases scientists lack standardized and reproducible model microbial communities. The development of fabricated microbial ecosystems, which we term EcoFABs, will provide such model systems for microbiome studies.
ISSN:	1548-7091 1548-7105 1548-7105
DOI:	10.1038/s41592-019-0465-0