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ReviewMicrobial biotechnology2025

Public Health Microbiome Curriculum: Looking Below the Tip of the Iceberg for Approaches to Population Health.

Melissa K Melby, Swapna Mylabathula, Meghan B Azad, Sarah Turner, Naama Geva-Zatorsky, Carolina Tropini, Melissa B Manus, Martin Blaser, Mark Nichter

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Review in Microbial biotechnology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Melissa K MelbyCIFAR Humans & the Microbiome Program, Toronto, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1766-5466
Swapna MylabathulaCIFAR Humans & the Microbiome Program, Toronto, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8480-3278
Meghan B AzadCIFAR Humans & the Microbiome Program, Toronto, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5942-4444
Sarah TurnerManitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre (MILC), Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2541-6072
Naama Geva-ZatorskyCIFAR Humans & the Microbiome Program, Toronto, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7303-854X
Carolina TropiniCIFAR Humans & the Microbiome Program, Toronto, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7542-1577
Melissa B ManusManitoba Interdisciplinary Lactation Centre (MILC), Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3640-1781
Martin BlaserCIFAR Humans & the Microbiome Program, Toronto, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2447-2443
Mark NichterCIFAR Humans & the Microbiome Program, Toronto, Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4112-3010

Funding

Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We discuss the opportunity for public health microbiome curricula to bridge the gaps in knowledge that exist between microbiome researchers and the lay public. We propose equipping public health professionals, important facilitators of public outreach and behaviour change, with three public health curriculum modules focused on breastfeeding, antibiotics and diet. These modules shift the focus from microbes as pathogens to potential partners in promoting health across the life course. Current public health messages cover only the 'tip of the iceberg' in exploring mechanisms, and this microbiome curriculum dives below the surface to provide fresh perspectives. These microbiome insights allow us to move beyond a focus on microbes as pathogens to understand the numerous collaborative roles played by the microbiome in producing health, and the upstream factors influencing the microbiome, thereby offering mechanistic insights that can be harnessed for public health education.

Indexed as

CurriculumMicrobiotaPopulation HealthPublic HealthAnti-Bacterial AgentsBreast FeedingHumansAnti-Bacterial Agentsantibioticsbreastfeedingdietmicrobiomepublic health

Identifiers

PMID40515726
PMCPMC12166551

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