Journal
MSYSTEMS
Volume 4, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/mSystems.00265-18
Keywords
metagenomics; microbial communities; microbial diversity; synthetic ecology
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- RTD SystemsX.ch project MicroscapesX
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Microbial communities are inherently complex systems. To address this complexity, microbial ecologists are developing new, more elaborate laboratory models at an ever-increasing pace. These model microbial communities and habitats have opened up the exploration of new territories that lie between the simplicity and controllability of synthetic systems and the convolution and complexity of natural environments. Here, we discuss this classic methodological divide, we propose a conceptual perspective that integrates new research developments, and we sketch a 3-point possible roadmap to cross the divide between controllability and complexity in microbial ecology.
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