Authors
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
Publication date
2019/7
Journal
Nature methods
Volume
16
Issue
7
Pages
567-571
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group US
Description
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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K Zengler, K Hofmockel, NS Baliga, SW Behie… - Nature methods, 2019