Table 7.
Nominal group responses to GB Question 2. What microbiome studies are needed to understand the importance and impact of mycotoxins (in native and agricultural ecosystems, human and animal health, etc.)?
| GB 1 | GB 2 | Response | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| # 1 | S 2 | # | S | |
| 4 | 13 | 5 | 21 | Metagenomics of human and animal intestinal microbes, including rumen |
| 5 | 16 | 4 | 14 | Effect of environment/management on microbiome in the soil/plant |
| 4 | 19 | 3 | 10 | Transcriptomics of microbial communities of specific crops exposed to mycotoxins |
| 3 | 12 | 1 | 5 | Metagenomics of plant microbiome |
| ●3 | ● | 5 | 13 | Microbiome changes over life cycle and/or disease cycle |
| -4 | - | 4 | 9 | Model climate change effects on microbiome composition |
| - | - | 3 | 8 | Probiotic effects on human and animal gut microbiomes |
| - | - | 3 | 8 | Natural fermentation microbiome |
| - | - | 3 | 7 | Effect of biocontrol on plant/soil microbiome |
| 3 | 6 | - | - | Effect of fungicide on soil and plant microbes of treated crops |
| 3 | 6 | - | - | Genome sequencing of microbes in crop microbiome |
| 3 | 5 | - | - | Effect of mycotoxins on microbiome of harvested crops in storage |
| 2 | 7 | - | - | Microbiomes of crop residues and weeds |
| - | - | 2 | 7 | Microbiomes of resistant and susceptible host lines |
| 2 | 6 | - | - | Microbiomes of agricultural field soil |
| 2 | 5 | - | - | Microbiomes of native/non-cultivated plants |
| 2 | 5 | - | - | Microbiome of feed products |
| 1 | 3 | - | - | Microbiome in the air |
| 1 | 2 | - | - | Experimental ecology with microbes from plant microbiome |
| - | - | 1 | 2 | Effects of mycorrhizae on soil microbiome |
| - | - | 1 | 1 | Rhizosphere microbiome following exposure to toxin-producing and toxin-nonproducing strains |
| ● | ● | - | - | Effects of mycotoxins on plant endophytes |
1 Number of participants ranking this response as one of the five most important. 2 Weighted priority score, with each voting member ranking their top five topics. Five points assigned to the most important response and one point to the least significant of the important responses. 3 This response provided by one or more members of the group when ideas were listed, but was not identified as one of the five most important responses by any member of the group. 4 This response not provided by any member of the group.