Tools for the Microbiome: Nano and Beyond
Year: 2015
Type: review
Abstract: The microbiome presents great opportunities for understanding and improving the world around us and elucidating the interactions that compose it. The microbiome also poses tremendous challenges for mapping and manipulating the entangled networks of interactions among myriad diverse organisms. Here, we describe the opportunities, technical needs, and potential approaches to address these challenges, based on recent and upcoming advances in measurement and control at the nanoscale and beyond. These technical needs will provide the basis for advancing the largely descriptive studies of the microbiome to the theoretical and mechanistic understandings that will underpin the discipline of microbiome engineering. We anticipate that the new tools and methods developed will also be more broadly useful in environmental monitoring, medicine, forensics, and other areas.
Source: ACS Nano
Authors: Julie S. Biteen, Paul C. Blainey, Zoe G. Cardon, Miyoung Chun, George M. Church, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Scott E. Fraser, Jack A. Gilbert, Janet K. Jansson, Rob Knight, Jeff F. Miller, Aydogan Ozcan, Kimberly A. Prather, Stephen R. Quake, Edward G. Ruby, Pamela A. Silver, Sharif Taha, Ger van den Engh, Paul S. Weiss, Gerard C. L. Wong, Aaron T. Wright, Thomas D. Young
Institutions: University of Michigan, Broad Institute, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Marine Biological Laboratory, The Kavli Foundation, Harvard University, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, University of California San Diego, University of Southern California, Argonne National Laboratory, University of Chicago, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles, University of California System, Stanford University, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, University of Hawaii System, University of Concepción, Millennium Institute of Oceanography
Language: English
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $4,500
OpenAlex ID: W2201193916