Rachel Wheatley

Introduction The past decade of research has solidified understanding that the human microbiome can both lead to and respond to clinical disease and interventions.1,2 Much of this research has highlighted the importance of microbial diversity—both in terms of the number of bacterial taxa within and the composition of bacterial communities—in shaping microbiome function, stability, and health.1 A central tenet of ecological research is the linking of species diversity to community productivity...