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SUBMITTER: Goldford JE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6405290 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Science (New York, N.Y.) 20180801 6401
A major unresolved question in microbiome research is whether the complex taxonomic architectures observed in surveys of natural communities can be explained and predicted by fundamental, quantitative principles. Bridging theory and experiment is hampered by the multiplicity of ecological processes that simultaneously affect community assembly in natural ecosystems. We addressed this challenge by monitoring the assembly of hundreds of soil- and plant-derived microbiomes in well-controlled minima ...[more]