Conceptual Exchanges for Understanding Free-Living and Host-Associated Microbiomes

Abstract

Whether a microbe is free-living or associated with a host from across the tree of life, its existence depends on a limited number of elements and electron donors and acceptors. Yet divergent approaches have been used by investigators from different fields.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Feb 22, 2022
Source ID
10.1128/msystems.01374-21

Entities

People

  • Adam C. Martiny
  • Brendan Bohannan
  • Catherine A Pfister
  • Katrine Whiteson
  • Lawrence A David
  • Nicole A Hynson
  • Samuel H Light
  • Suzanne Devkota
  • Thomas M. Schmidt

Organizations

  • Duke University
  • Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Science Foundation
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of California, Irvine
  • University of Chicago
  • University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
  • University of Michigan
  • University of Oregon
  • W. M. Keck Foundation

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Biology

Readers

  • Microbial Pathology
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Microelectronics