Berkeley Lab researchers and collaborators have outlined a vision for establishing standardized, reproducible model microbial ecosystems using EcoFABs — defined communities of microbiota, lab habitats, and protocols for cultivation and spatiotemporal analysis — to accelerate microbiome science. https://biosciences.lbl.gov/2019/07/02/ecofabs-fabricated-microbial-ecosystem-models-to-advance-microbiome-research/