Antibiotic-mediated perturbation of the gut microbiome is associated with numerous
infectious and autoimmune diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Yet, as the gut microbiome …

A thriving multi-kingdom microbial ecosystem inhabits the respiratory tract: the respiratory
tract microbiome (RTM). In recent years, the contribution of the RTM to human health has …

The design and use of synthetic communities, or SynComs, is one of the most promising
strategies for disentangling the complex interactions within microbial communities, and …

In the human gut, the growth of the pathogen Clostridioides difficile is impacted by a
complex web of interspecies interactions with members of human gut microbiota. We …

The Lotka-Volterra (LV) model was introduced in the early 20th Century to describe predator-
prey systems. Since then, the model has been expanded to capture the dynamics of …

Cystic fibrosis (CF) is widely known as a disease of the lung, even though it is in truth a
systemic disease, whose symptoms typically manifest in gastrointestinal dysfunction first. CF …

Where there are bacteria, there will be bacteriophages. These viruses are known to be
important players in shaping the wider microbial community in which they are embedded …

Host-associated microbiota are critical for eukaryotic host functioning, to the extent that hosts
and their associated microbial communities are often considered “holobionts”. Most studies …

Summary The One Health approach musters growing concerns about antimicrobial
resistance due to the increased use of antibiotics in healthcare and agriculture, with all of its …

Networks are ubiquitous throughout biology, spanning the entire range from molecules to
food webs and global environmental systems. Yet, despite substantial efforts by the scientific …