mSystems (Aug 2021)

Introducing the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group: Considering the Microbial Components of Social, Environmental, and Health Justice

  • Suzanne L. Ishaq,
  • Francisco J. Parada,
  • Patricia G. Wolf,
  • Carla Y. Bonilla,
  • Megan A. Carney,
  • Amber Benezra,
  • Emily Wissel,
  • Michael Friedman,
  • Kristen M. DeAngelis,
  • Jake M. Robinson,
  • Ashkaan K. Fahimipour,
  • Melissa B. Manus,
  • Laura Grieneisen,
  • Leslie G. Dietz,
  • Ashish Pathak,
  • Ashvini Chauhan,
  • Sahana Kuthyar,
  • Justin D. Stewart,
  • Mauna R. Dasari,
  • Emily Nonnamaker,
  • Mallory Choudoir,
  • Patrick F. Horve,
  • Naupaka B. Zimmerman,
  • Ariangela J. Kozik,
  • Katherine Weatherford Darling,
  • Adriana L. Romero-Olivares,
  • Janani Hariharan,
  • Nicole Farmer,
  • Katherine A. Maki,
  • Jackie L. Collier,
  • Kieran C. O’Doherty,
  • Jeffrey Letourneau,
  • Jeff Kline,
  • Peter L. Moses,
  • Nicolae Morar

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1128/mSystems.00471-21
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 6, no. 4

Abstract

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Humans are inextricably linked to each other and our natural world, and microorganisms lie at the nexus of those interactions. Microorganisms form genetically flexible, taxonomically diverse, and biochemically rich communities, i.e., microbiomes that are integral to the health and development of macroorganisms, societies, and ecosystems.