About the Authors
- Nathaniel D. Chu
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Affiliations Microbiology Graduate Program, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Mark B. Smith
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Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, OpenBiome, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Allison R. Perrotta
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Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Zain Kassam
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Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, OpenBiome, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Eric J. Alm
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* E-mail: ejalm@mit.edu
Affiliations Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, OpenBiome, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biological Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: MBS, ZK are employees of OpenBiome and consultants, research advisors, and shareholders of Finch Therapeutics. EJA is a consultant and research advisor of OpenBiome and Finch Therapeutics. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: NDC MBS ARP ZK EJA. Data curation: NDC. Formal analysis: NDC. Funding acquisition: EJA. Investigation: NDC. Methodology: NDC MBS ARP. Project administration: NDC EJA. Resources: EJA. Software: NDC. Supervision: EJA. Validation: NDC. Visualization: NDC. Writing – original draft: NDC. Writing – review & editing: NDC MBS ARP ZK EJA.