Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology

ABSTRACT 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 b...

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Autores principales:	Robin Tecon, Sara Mitri, Davide Ciccarese, Dani Or, Jan Roelof van der Meer, David R. Johnson
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2019
Materias:	metagenomics microbial communities microbial diversity synthetic ecology Microbiology QR1-502
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:a37387680c0040fbb3f39bdeaa2062352021-12-02T18:39:16ZBridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology10.1128/mSystems.00265-182379-5077https://doaj.org/article/a37387680c0040fbb3f39bdeaa2062352019-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mSystems.00265-18https://doaj.org/toc/2379-5077ABSTRACT 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.Robin TeconSara MitriDavide CiccareseDani OrJan Roelof van der MeerDavid R. JohnsonAmerican Society for Microbiologyarticlemetagenomicsmicrobial communitiesmicrobial diversitysynthetic ecologyMicrobiologyQR1-502ENmSystems, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2019)
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spellingShingle	metagenomics microbial communities microbial diversity synthetic ecology Microbiology QR1-502 Robin Tecon Sara Mitri Davide Ciccarese Dani Or Jan Roelof van der Meer David R. Johnson Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology
description	ABSTRACT 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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author	Robin Tecon Sara Mitri Davide Ciccarese Dani Or Jan Roelof van der Meer David R. Johnson
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title	Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology
title_short	Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology
title_full	Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology
title_fullStr	Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology
title_full_unstemmed	Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology
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publisher	American Society for Microbiology
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Bridging the Holistic-Reductionist Divide in Microbial Ecology

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