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Opportunities and Challenges to Microbial Symbiosis Research in the Microbiome Era

Suhelen Egan et al. Front Microbiol. 2020.

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Keywords: host-microbe association; microbial interactions; microbiome; microbiota (microorganism); symbiosis.

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The main types of microbial symbioses. (A) Microbial interactions range from mutually beneficial to harmful for one or more partners. Blue double headed arrows highlight that relationships can move between classifications often influenced by environmental conditions. (B) Host-microbe symbioses should be considered within the context of microbial communities where the host participates in multiple and often different symbiotic relationships. (C) Microbial communities are influenced by a variety of microbe-microbe symbioses ranging from cooperation (e.g., syntrophy or co-metabolism) to competition. Arrows depict generally beneficial (blue) and detrimental (red) outcomes for one (single arrowhead) or both (double arrowhead) members. Note as with host-microbe symbioses these relationships can be viewed as fluid and influenced by environmental conditions.

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Number of publications (review or original article only) 1998–2018 retrieved from Scopus database search (November 2019) with keyword search Microb* AND Symbio* or Microb* AND Host*.

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