1. Upcycling Human Excrement: The Gut Microbiome to Soil Microbiome Axis
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Meilander, Jeff, Herman, Chloe, Manley, Andrew, Augustine, Georgia, Birdsell, Dawn, Bolyen, Evan, Celona, Kimberly R., Coffey, Hayden, Cocking, Jill, Donoghue, Teddy, Draves, Alexis, Erickson, Daryn, Foley, Marissa, Gehret, Liz, Hagen, Johannah, Hepp, Crystal, Ingram, Parker, John, David, Kadar, Katarina, Keim, Paul, Lloyd, Victoria, Osterink, Christina, Queeney, Victoria, Ramirez, Diego, Romero, Antonio, Ruby, Megan C., Sahl, Jason W., Soloway, Sydni, Stone, Nathan E., Trottier, Shannon, Van Orden, Kaleb, Painter, Alexis, Wallace, Sam, Wilcox, Larissa, Wood, Colin V., Yancey, Jaiden, and Caporaso, J. Gregory
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Quantitative Biology - Genomics - Abstract
Human excrement composting (HEC) is a sustainable strategy for human excrement (HE) management that recycles nutrients and mitigates health risks while reducing reliance on freshwater, fossil fuels, and fertilizers. We present a comprehensive microbial time series analysis of HEC and show that the initial gut-like microbiome of HEC systems transitions to a microbiome similar to soil and traditional compost in fifteen biological replicates tracked weekly for one year., Comment: Main text: 9 pages, 2 figures; Extended data: 10 figures; Supplemental Text: 32 pages, 8 figures, 2 tables
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- 2024