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ArticleISME communications2025

Upcycling human excrement: the gut microbiome to soil microbiome axis.

Jeff Meilander, Chloe Herman, Andrew Manley, Georgia Augustine, Dawn Birdsell, Evan Bolyen, Kimberly R Celona, Hayden Coffey, Jill Cocking, Teddy Donoghue and 27 more

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Article in ISME communications, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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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

1 citing paper 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

37 authors.

Jeff MeilanderCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-4519-1896
Chloe HermanCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Andrew ManleyCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Georgia AugustineDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Dawn BirdsellPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Evan BolyenCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Kimberly R CelonaPathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Hayden CoffeyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Jill CockingGenetics Core Facility, Office of the Vice President for Research, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Teddy DonoghueDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Alexis DravesDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Daryn EricksonDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Marissa FoleyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Liz GehretCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Johannah HagenCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Crystal HeppSchool of Informatics, Computing, and Cyber Systems, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Parker IngramDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
David JohnDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Katarina KadarDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Paul KeimCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Victoria LloydDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Christina OsterinkDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Victoria Monsaint-QueeneyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Diego RamirezDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Antonio RomeroDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Megan C RubyCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Jason W SahlDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Sydni SolowayCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Nathan E StonePathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Shannon TrottierDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Kaleb Van OrdenDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Alexis PainterDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Sam WallaceDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Larissa WilcoxDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Colin V WoodCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
Jaiden YanceyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.
J Gregory CaporasoCenter for Applied Microbiome Science, Pathogen and Microbiome Institute, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human excrement composting (HEC) is a sustainable strategy for human excrement (HE) management that recycles nutrients and mitigates health risks while reducing reliance on freshwater, fossil fuels, and fertilizers. A mixture of HE and bulking material was collected from 15 composting toilets and composted as 15 biological replicates in modified 19-liter buckets under mesophilic conditions with weekly sampling for one year. We hypothesized that (i) the microbiome of 1 year old compost would resemble that of a soil and/or food and landscape waste compost microbiome more closely than the original HE; and (ii) the human fecal indicators,

Indexed as

16Sampliconbiosolidscompostcompost toilethuman excrementlatrinesmanuremicrobiomesoilsustainability

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PMID40894306
PMCPMC12393218

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