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EcoFABs: advancing microbiome science through standardized fabricated ecosystems

  • Karsten Zengler
  • , Kirsten Hofmockel
  • , Nitin S. Baliga
  • , Scott W. Behie
  • , Hans C. Bernstein
  • , James B. Brown
  • , José R. Dinneny
  • , Sheri A. Floge
  • , Samuel P. Forry
  • , Matthias Hess
  • , Scott A. Jackson
  • , Christer Jansson
  • , Stephen R. Lindemann
  • , Jennifer Pett-Ridge
  • , Costas Maranas
  • , Ophelia S. Venturelli
  • , Matthew D. Wallenstein
  • , Elizabeth A. Shank
  • , Trent R. Northen

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)567-571
Number of pages5
JournalNature methods
Volume16
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 1 2019

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Biotechnology
  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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