Microbial communities are shaped by positive and negative interactions ranging from
competition to mutualism. In the context of the mammalian gut and its microbial inhabitants …

The gut microbiome lies at the intersection between the environment and the host, with the
ability to modify host responses to disease-relevant exposures and stimuli. This is evident in …

Microbial consortia exhibit complex functional properties in contexts ranging from soils to
bioreactors to human hosts. Understanding how community composition determines …

Microbially derived short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) in the human gut are tightly coupled to
host metabolism, immune regulation and integrity of the intestinal epithelium. However, the …

A key challenge in microbiome research is to predict the functionality of microbial
communities based on community membership and (meta)-genomic data. As central …

Increasing experimental evidence suggests that administering live commensal bacterial
species can optimize microbiome composition and lead to reduced disease severity and …

The human gut harbors native microbial communities, forming a highly complex ecosystem.
Synthetic microbial communities (SynComs) of the human gut are an assembly of …

The short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) butyrate, propionate and acetate are microbial
metabolites and their availability in the gut and other organs is determined by environmental …

Single-cell genetic heterogeneity is ubiquitous in microbial populations and an important
aspect of microbial biology; however, we lack a broadly applicable and accessible method …

Quantitatively linking the composition and function of microbial communities is a major
aspiration of microbial ecology. Microbial community functions emerge from a complex web …