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Perspectives on the future of ecology, evolution, and biodiversity from the Council on Microbial Sciences of the American Society for Microbiology.

Denise M Akob, A Elizabeth Oates, Peter R Girguis, Brian D Badgley, Vaughn S Cooper, Rachel S Poretsky, Braden T Tierney, Elena Litchman, Rachel J Whitaker, Katrine L Whiteson and 2 more

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Review in mSphere, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Denise M Akob *U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Energy & Minerals Science Center, Reston, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-1534-3025
A Elizabeth Oates *American Society for Microbiology, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0009-0007-8744-7938
Peter R Girguis *Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3599-8160
Brian D BadgleySchool of Plant and Environmental Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-8269-1586
Vaughn S CooperDepartment of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7726-0765
Rachel S PoretskyDepartment of Biological Sciences, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-5401-449X
Braden T TierneyPhysiology and Biophysics-Institute for Computational Biomedicine, Weil Cornell Medicine, New York, New York, USA.
Elena LitchmanDepartment of Global Ecology, Carnegie Institution for Science, Stanford, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7736-6332
Rachel J WhitakerDepartment of Microbiology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2263-5798
Katrine L WhitesonDepartment of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-5423-6014
C Jessica E MetcalfDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3166-7521
Ecology Evolutionary and Biodiversity Retreat Participants

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The field of microbial ecology, evolution, and biodiversity (EEB) is at the leading edge of understanding how microbes shape our biosphere and influence the well-being of humankind and Earth. To that end, EEB is developing new transdisciplinary tools to analyze these ecologically critical, complex microbial communities. The American Society for Microbiology's Council on Microbial Sciences hosted a virtual retreat in 2023 to discuss the trajectory of EEB both within the Society and microbiology writ large. The retreat emphasized the interconnectedness of microbes and their outsized global influence on environmental and host health. The maximal potential impact of EEB will not be achieved without contributions from disparate fields that unite diverse technologies and data sets. In turn, this level of transdisciplinary efforts requires actively encouraging "broad" research, spanning inclusive global collaborations that incorporate both scientists and the public. Together, the American Society for Microbiology and EEB are poised to lead a paradigm shift that will result in a new era of collaboration, innovation, and societal relevance for microbiology.

Indexed as

BiodiversityEcologyMicrobiologySocieties, ScientificBiological EvolutionHumansMicrobiotaUnited StatesAnthropocenebiodiversityevolutionary biologyinterdisciplinarymachine learningmicrobial ecology

Identifiers

PMID39387587
PMCPMC11580429

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