It is time to authenticate the Microbiome Sciences with accredited educational programs and departments

• Nichole Ginnan ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nginnan@psu.edu (NG); s.bordenstein@psu.edu (SRB)

  Affiliation The One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3589-4767

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• Seth R. Bordenstein

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: nginnan@psu.edu (NG); s.bordenstein@psu.edu (SRB)

  Affiliations The One Health Microbiome Center, Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Entomology, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7346-0954

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