ReviewFEMS microbiology ecology2025
An interdisciplinary perspective of the built-environment microbiome.
Review in FEMS microbiology ecology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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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.
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Who cites it
5 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effectiveness of Hydrogen Peroxide Nebulization Combined with Manual Cleaning in Reducing Surface-Associated Microorganisms in an Indoor Fitness Environment.Microorganisms · 2026Article
- AlphaGEM enables precise genome-scale metabolic modelling by integrating protein structure alignment with deep-learning-based dark metabolism mining.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Habitat Type and Locality Structure the Midgut Microbiota of Aedes albopictus.Microbial ecology · 2026Article
- Genome-resolved surveillance and predictive ecological risk modeling of urban microbiomes.Microbiome · 2025Article
- Regulating genome language models: navigating policy challenges at the intersection of AI and genetics.Human genetics · 2025Review
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Authors and funding
11 authors.
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Abstract
The built environment provides an excellent setting for interdisciplinary research on the dynamics of microbial communities. The system is simplified compared to many natural settings, and to some extent the entire environment can be manipulated, from architectural design to materials use, air flow, human traffic, and capacity to disrupt microbial communities through cleaning. Here, we provide an overview of the ecology of the microbiome in the built environment. We address niche space and refugia, population, and community (metagenomic) dynamics, spatial ecology within a building, including the major microbial transmission mechanisms, as well as evolution. We also address landscape ecology, connecting microbiomes between physically separated buildings. At each stage, we pay particular attention to the actual and potential interface between disciplines, such as ecology, epidemiology, materials science, and human social behavior. We end by identifying some opportunities for future interdisciplinary research on the microbiome of the built environment.
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