Abstract:Correlated variation between host phenotypes and microbiomes suggest that emergent global variables may simultaneously describe the microbial ecosystem and the host. Mechanistic models cannot yet identify these descriptors because of their inherent complexity. To that end, we present a phenomenological model based on the consumer/resource framework wherein microbial species and hosts' phenotypes are coupled through their shared dependence on a small number of generalized resources (latent variables). We show t… Show more
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