Turning Participatory Microbiome Research into Usable Data: Lessons from the American Gut Project

The role of the human microbiome is the subject of continued investigation resulting in increased understanding. However, current microbiome research has only scratched the surface of the variety of healthy microbiomes. Public participation in science through crowdsourcing and crowdfunding microbiom...

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Main Authors: Justine W. Debelius, Yoshiki Vázquez-Baeza, Daniel McDonald, Zhenjiang Xu, Elaine Wolfe, Rob Knight
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2015-10-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education
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Online Access:http://jmbesubmissions.asm.org/index.php/jmbe/article/view/1034