Despite numerous surveys of gene and species content in heterotrophic microbial
communities, such as those found in animal guts, oceans, or soils, it is still unclear whether …

In their natural environment, plants are part of a rich ecosystem including numerous and
diverse microorganisms in the soil. It has been long recognized that some of these microbes …

Efforts to model the human gut microbiome in mice have led to important insights into the
mechanisms of host-microbe interactions. However, the model communities studied to date …

The human gut microbiome plays an important role in resisting colonization of the host by
pathogens, but we lack the ability to predict which communities will be protective. We …

The gut microbiota of preterm infants develops predictably,,,,,–, with pioneer species
colonizing the gut after birth, followed by an ordered succession of microorganisms. The gut …

Genome-scale stoichiometric modeling of metabolism has become a standard systems
biology tool for modeling cellular physiology and growth. Extensions of this approach are …

Feeding a growing world population amidst climate change requires optimizing the
reliability, resource use, and environmental impacts of food production. One way to assist in …

Plant microbiome research highlights the importance of indigenous microbial communities
for host phenotypes such as growth and health. It aims to discover the molecular basis by …

The ecological forces that govern the assembly and stability of the human gut microbiota
remain unresolved. We developed a generalizable model‐guided framework to predict …

There is growing understanding that the environment plays an important role both in the
transmission of antibiotic resistant pathogens and in their evolution. Accordingly …