This section aims to shed light on the impact of the microbiome on larger ecosystems in nature and human health specificaly.
This section aims to make you familier with the main components of the microbiome:
- Microbes - microbiota
- Archeae
- Fungus
- Virome
Design a successful microbiome study
- Know your expected effect size. Know the number of variables you plan to control for. Plan your sample size
- Quality assurance - mock, positive and negative control
- Minimize the confounding factors - the maternal effect or the founder effect [conducting a microbiome study]
Microorganisms characterization methods - history and contemporary