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Microbiomes as Living Systems

Microbiomes as Living Systems

M. M. Gebreil, Gebreil
G. a. Kortam, Yasmin

Paperback

Biology

ISBN10: 6209443133
ISBN13: 9786209443138
Publisher: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Published: Jan 5 2026
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.51
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Microbiomes are foundational regulators of life, shaping biogeochemical cycles, ecosystem resilience, and host health across scales. Their importance lies in function-functional redundancy, metabolic cooperation, and network connectivity-allowing stability despite species fluctuations. Loss of keystone taxa or network breakdown drives ecosystem collapse, highlighting tipping points that transform microbiome science into predictive ecology. Advances in sequencing, multi-omics, and machine learning enhance observation, but insights require integration with ecological theory, context, and validation. Microbes actively engineer environments, creating reciprocal host-microbe and environment-microbe relationships. Harnessing microbiomes for sustainable agriculture, climate mitigation, and health depends on restoring function, enhancing resilience, and managing ecosystems holistically. Recognizing microbes as dynamic partners reveals their central role as the hidden infrastructure of the biosphere, linking soil, climate, diet, immunity, and planetary stability.

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