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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Sep 9.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Methods. 2019 Jul;16(7):567–571. doi: 10.1038/s41592-019-0465-0

Fig. 1. Vision for fabricated model microbial ecosystems and their impact on microbiome science.

Fig. 1

EcoFABs are composed of defined microbiota, laboratory habitats, and protocols for cultivation and spatiotemporal analysis. Once standardized and disseminated, these will enable multi-laboratory collaborations, adaptions, mechanistic studies to develop theory and predictive models.