Toward a Better Understanding of Species Interactions through Network Biology

ABSTRACT Within the last decade, there has been an explosion of multi-omics data generated for several microbial systems. At the same time, new methods of analysis have emerged that are based on inferring networks that link features both within and between species based on correlation in abundance....

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Autor principal: Ryan S. McClure
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2019
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Sumario:ABSTRACT Within the last decade, there has been an explosion of multi-omics data generated for several microbial systems. At the same time, new methods of analysis have emerged that are based on inferring networks that link features both within and between species based on correlation in abundance. These developments prompt two important questions. What can be done with network approaches to better understand microbial species interactions? What challenges remain in applying network approaches to query the more complex systems of natural settings? Here, I briefly describe what has been done and what questions still need to be answered. Over the next 5 to 10 years, we will be in a strong position to infer networks that contain multiple kinds of omic data and describe systems with multiple species. These applications will open the door for a better understanding and use of microbiomes across a variety of fields.