Making gut microbiomes from scratch

Studying the microbiome presents a challenge: howdowe untangle the interactions of microbes at ecologically relevant scales? We highlight research by Afrizal et al. and Cheng et al., which help to solve this problem through the generation and characterization of complex synthetic communities derived from lab-grown microbes.

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The challenge in studying the microbiome lies in understanding the interactions among microbes on ecologically relevant scales. Recent research by Afrizal et al. and Cheng et al. addresses this issue by generating and characterizing complex synthetic communities derived from lab-grown microbes.