Where Next for Microbiome Research?

• DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002050
• Publication Date: 2015-01-20T13:49:40Z
• Authors: Matthew K. Waldor; Gene Tyson; Elhanan Borenstein; Howard Ochman; Andrew Moeller; B. Brett Finlay; Heidi H. Kong; Jeffrey I. Gordon; Karen E. Nelson; Karim Dabbagh; Hamilton Smith
• Keywords: Profiling (computer programming)

The development of high-throughput sequencing technologies has transformed our capacity to investigate the composition and dynamics microbial communities that populate diverse habitats. Over past decade, these advances have yielded an avalanche metagenomic data. current stage "van Leeuwenhoek"-like cataloguing, as well functional analyses, will likely accelerate DNA RNA sequencing, plus protein metabolic profiling capacities computational tools, continue improve. However, it is time consider: what's next for microbiome research? short pieces included here briefly consider challenges opportunities awaiting research.