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ArticleMicrobiome2025

A blueprint for contemporary studies of microbiomes.

Laure B Bindels, Joy E M Watts, Kevin R Theis, Víctor J Carrion, Adam Ossowicki, Jana Seifert, Julia Oh, Yongqi Shao, Markus Hilty, Purnima Kumar and 15 more

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Article in Microbiome, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers.

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22citing papers in PubMed
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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

22 citing papers in PubMed.

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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

25 authors.

Laure B BindelsMetabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Louvain Drug Research Institute, UCLouvain, Université catholique de Louvain, Brussels, Belgium. laure.bindels@uclouvain.be.
Joy E M WattsSchool of Environment and Life Sciences, University of Portsmouth, Portsmouth, UK.
Kevin R TheisDepartment of Biochemistry, Microbiology, and Immunology, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, MI, USA.
Víctor J CarrionDepartamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario de Teatinos s/n, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Adam OssowickiDepartamento de Microbiología, Facultad de Ciencias, Campus Universitario de Teatinos s/n, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.
Jana SeifertHoLMiR - Hohenheim Center for Livestock Microbiome Research, Functional Microbiology of Livestock, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Julia OhDepartment of Dermatology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.
Yongqi ShaoFaculty of Agriculture, Life and Environmental Sciences, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Markus HiltyInstitute for Infectious Diseases, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
Purnima KumarDepartment of Periodontics and Oral Medicine, School of Dentistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Falk HildebrandQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, Norfolk, NR4 7UQ, UK.
Connie LovejoyDépartement de Biologie and Institut de Biologie Intégrative Et Des Systèmes, Université Laval, Québec, QC, Canada.
Paul WigleyBristol Veterinary School, Langford Campus, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
Ke YuShenzhen Graduate School, Peking University, Shenzhen, China.
Meiling ZhangSchool of Life Sciences, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200241, China.
Tong ZhangEnvironmental Microbiome Engineering and Biotechnology Laboratory, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.
Jens WalterAPC Microbiome Ireland, School of Microbiology, and Department of Medicine, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland.
Mahesh S DesaiNutrition, Microbiome and Immunity Group, Department of Infection and Immunity, Luxembourg Institute of Health, Esch-Sur-Alzette, Luxembourg.
Sharon Ann HuwsSchool of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queen's University, Belfast, UK.
Lynn M SchrimlDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Jacques RavelCenter for Advanced Microbiome Research and Innovation, Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.
W Florian FrickeDepartment of Microbiome Research and Applied Bioinformatics, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.
Emiley A Eloe-FadroshDOE Joint Genome Institute, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Charles K LeeEnvironmental Research Institute, University of Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand.
Thomas ClavelFunctional Microbiome Research Group, Institute of Medical Microbiology, RWTH University Hospital, Aachen, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This editorial piece co-authored by the Senior Editors at Microbiome aims to highlight current challenges in the field of environmental and host-associated microbiome research. We also take the opportunity to clarify our expectations for the articles submitted to the journal. At Microbiome, we are seeking studies that provide either new mechanistic insights into the role of microbiomes in health and environmental systems or substantial conceptual or technical advances. Manuscripts need to meet high standards of language accuracy, quality of microbiome analyses, and data and protocol availability, including detailed reporting of wet-lab and in silico protocols, all of which can critically enhance transparency and reproducibility. We think that such efforts are essential to push the boundaries of our knowledge on microbiomes in a concerted, international effort.

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Identifiers

PMID40200306
PMCPMC11977902

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