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  • Host-Microbe Interactions

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  • Microbial communities show spatial structure due to environmental interactions and dispersal limits.
  • Spatial structure is well-studied in free-living microbes but less so in host-associated microbiota.
  • Understanding microbiota spatial variation is crucial for microbial ecology and microbiome-aided medicine.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To overview factors influencing microbiota composition across hosts and scales, focusing on the human gut.
  • To identify open questions in spatial variation and patterns of microbiota.
  • To review existing spatial modeling methodologies for microbiota.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of factors affecting microbiota composition.
  • Identification of research gaps in spatial microbiota studies.
  • Review of current spatial modeling techniques for microbial communities.

Main Results:

  • Identified key factors influencing microbiota spatial structure across diverse hosts.
  • Highlighted significant open questions regarding spatial patterns in microbiota.
  • Assessed existing methodologies for spatial modeling of microbiota.

Conclusions:

  • Methodologies from systems biology and macro-organismal ecology can improve microbiota spatial models.
  • Advancements in spatial modeling of microbiota can benefit theoretical/applied ecology.
  • Developments may lead to novel industrial and clinical applications in microbiome research.