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  • To provide an overview of state-of-the-art methods for inferring microbial interactions.
  • To discuss biases in microbiome data and strategies to mitigate them.
  • To identify limitations and future directions for inter-kingdom interaction analysis.

Main Methods:

  • Review of network-based approaches for inferring microbial interactions.
  • Discussion of correlation-based and conditional dependence-based methods.
  • Analysis of biases in microbial profiling data and mitigation strategies.

Main Results:

  • Network-based methods are effective for deciphering microbial interaction patterns.
  • Various tools exist for inferring intra-kingdom interactions, each with trade-offs.
  • Common biases in microbial data include compositionality and sparsity.

Conclusions:

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  • Comprehensive characterization of microbial environments requires advanced analytical tools.
  • Addressing biases and computational complexity is key for future microbiome research.