title: Opinion: Conservation and stewardship of the human microbiome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON, Canada N1G 2W1;
authors.forename: Kieran C
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: O'Doherty
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1;
authors.forename: Josh D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Neufeld
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6;
authors.forename: Fiona S L
authors.initials: FS
authors.lastname: Brinkman
authors.affiliation: Department of Translational Medicine, Infection, AstraZeneca, Waltham, MA 02451;
authors.forename: Humphrey
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gardner
authors.affiliation: Department of Cell and Systems Biology, Centre for the Analysis of Genome Evolution and Function, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 3B2; and.
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Guttman
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Computer Science, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada B3R 4R2 rbeiko@dal.ca.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Beiko
mesh_terms: D004064:Digestive System / Q000382:microbiology*; D054884:Host-Pathogen Interactions; D006801:Humans; D064307:Microbiota / Q000502:physiology*; D008954:Models, Biological