Where Next for Microbiome Research?

Title	Where Next for Microbiome Research?
Publication Type	Journal Article
Year of Publication	2015
Authors	Waldor MK, Tyson GW, Borenstein E, Ochman H, Moeller A, B Finlay B, Kong HH, Gordon JI, Nelson KE, Dabbagh K, Smith H
Journal	PLoS biology
Volume	13
Pagination	e1002050
Date Published	2015 Jan
ISSN	1545-7885
Abstract	The development of high-throughput sequencing technologies has transformed our capacity to investigate the composition and dynamics of the microbial communities that populate diverse habitats. Over the past decade, these advances have yielded an avalanche of metagenomic data. The current stage of "van Leeuwenhoek"-like cataloguing, as well as functional analyses, will likely accelerate as DNA and RNA sequencing, plus protein and metabolic profiling capacities and computational tools, continue to improve. However, it is time to consider: what’s next for microbiome research? The short pieces included here briefly consider the challenges and opportunities awaiting microbiome research.
DOI	10.1371/journal.pbio.1002050

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