From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology

Hanna Koch, Thomas Clavel, Cintia Mayr, Benjamin L. Coltman, Michael Schloter, Julia A. Vorholt, Yolanda Sanz, Tomislav Cernava, Gwyn A. Beattie, Lene Lange, Stéphane Chaillou, Ákos T. Kovács, Hauke Smidt, Corné M. J. Pieterse, Tanja Kostic, Omri M. Finkel, Christopher E. Lawson, Luca Cocolin, Jesús Mercado-Blanco, Robert D. Finn, Kalliope K. Papadopoulou, Matthew Ryan, Marco Candela, Paul D. Cotter, Gabriele Berg, Orla O’Sullivan, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Pankaj Trivedi, Trevor C. Charles, Brajesh K. Singh, Günter Brader, Malek Marian, Angela Sessitsch

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DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-74251-1
Published: 2026-06-08
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@article{allodium:10.1038/s41467-026-74251-1,
  title = {From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology},
  author = {Hanna Koch and Thomas Clavel and Cintia Mayr and Benjamin L. Coltman and Michael Schloter and Julia A. Vorholt and Yolanda Sanz and Tomislav Cernava and Gwyn A. Beattie and Lene Lange and Stéphane Chaillou and Ákos T. Kovács and Hauke Smidt and Corné M. J. Pieterse and Tanja Kostic and Omri M. Finkel and Christopher E. Lawson and Luca Cocolin and Jesús Mercado-Blanco and Robert D. Finn and Kalliope K. Papadopoulou and Matthew Ryan and Marco Candela and Paul D. Cotter and Gabriele Berg and Orla O’Sullivan and Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo and Pankaj Trivedi and Trevor C. Charles and Brajesh K. Singh and Günter Brader and Malek Marian and Angela Sessitsch},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {Nature Communications},
  doi = {10.1038/s41467-026-74251-1},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74251-1}
}

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TY  - JOUR
TI  - From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology
AU  - Hanna Koch
AU  - Thomas Clavel
AU  - Cintia Mayr
AU  - Benjamin L. Coltman
AU  - Michael Schloter
AU  - Julia A. Vorholt
AU  - Yolanda Sanz
AU  - Tomislav Cernava
AU  - Gwyn A. Beattie
AU  - Lene Lange
AU  - Stéphane Chaillou
AU  - Ákos T. Kovács
AU  - Hauke Smidt
AU  - Corné M. J. Pieterse
AU  - Tanja Kostic
AU  - Omri M. Finkel
AU  - Christopher E. Lawson
AU  - Luca Cocolin
AU  - Jesús Mercado-Blanco
AU  - Robert D. Finn
AU  - Kalliope K. Papadopoulou
AU  - Matthew Ryan
AU  - Marco Candela
AU  - Paul D. Cotter
AU  - Gabriele Berg
AU  - Orla O’Sullivan
AU  - Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo
AU  - Pankaj Trivedi
AU  - Trevor C. Charles
AU  - Brajesh K. Singh
AU  - Günter Brader
AU  - Malek Marian
AU  - Angela Sessitsch
PY  - 2026
JO  - Nature Communications
DO  - 10.1038/s41467-026-74251-1
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Koch, H., Clavel, T., Mayr, C., Coltman, B. L., Schloter, M., Vorholt, J. A., Sanz, Y., Cernava, T., Beattie, G. A., Lange, L., Chaillou, S., Kovács, Á. T., Smidt, H., Pieterse, C. M. J., Kostic, T., Finkel, O. M., Lawson, C. E., Cocolin, L., Mercado-Blanco, J., Finn, R. D., Papadopoulou, K. K., Ryan, M., Candela, M., Cotter, P. D., Berg, G., O’Sullivan, O., Delgado-Baquerizo, M., Trivedi, P., Charles, T. C., Singh, B. K., Brader, G., Marian, M., & Sessitsch, A. (2026). From “synthetic” to defined microbial communities for clearer terminology. Nature Communications. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-74251-1

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