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

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

Microbial communities are not only shaped by the diversity of microorganisms and their
individual metabolic potential, but also by the vast amount of intra-and interspecies …

Predictively linking taxonomic composition and quantitative ecosystem functions is a major
aspiration in microbial ecology, which must be resolved if we wish to engineer microbial …

Artificial selection is a promising way to improve microbial community functions, but previous
experiments have only shown moderate success. Here, we experimentally evaluate a new …

Understanding the assembly of multispecies microbial communities represents a significant
challenge in ecology and has wide applications in agriculture, wastewater treatment, and …

Evolution in a static laboratory environment often proceeds via large-effect beneficial
mutations that may become maladaptive in other environments. Conversely, natural settings …

While innumerous associative microbiome studies have been published, mechanistic links
between the microbiome and host physiology remain much scarcer. In Cell Host & Microbe …

Protein space is a rich analogy for genotype-phenotype maps, where amino acid sequence
is organized into a high-dimensional space that highlights the connectivity between protein …

Technological breakthroughs have fostered an appreciation for the microbiome and
revolutionized our understanding of many parts of the tree of life. These discoveries have …