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Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (CTC 1439/2, MO3498/2-1)
Canada Research Chairs
National Science Foundation (OCE-2049445)
Article History
Received: 27 March 2023
Accepted: 13 August 2025
First Online: 26 September 2025
Competing interests
: R.H. was a member (2021–2024) of the User Executive Committee of the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Joint Genome Institute. A.P. is an affiliate scientist at JGI and sits on the Prokaryotic Advisory Committee. All opinions expressed in this paper are the authors’ and do not necessarily reflect the policies and views of the DOE. R.K. is a scientific advisory board member and consultant for BiomeSense, Inc., has equity and receives income. He is a scientific advisory board member and has equity in GenCirq. He has equity in and acts as a consultant for Cybele. He is a co-founder of Biota, Inc. and has equity. He is a co-founder of Micronoma and has equity and is a scientific advisory board member. He is a board member of Microbiota Vault, Inc. He is a board member of N=1 IBS advisory board and receives income. He is a Senior Visiting Fellow of HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study. The terms of these arrangements have been reviewed and approved by the University of California, San Diego in accordance with its conflict of interest policies.
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