About the Authors

Joanna-Lynn C. Borgogna

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Software, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Michael Anastario

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, Florida International University, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Paula Firemoon

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Fort Peck Community College, Poplar, Montana, United States of America

Elizabeth Rink

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health and Human Development, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Adriann Ricker

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Public Health–Center for American Indian Health and School of Nursing, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jacques Ravel

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Rebecca M. Brotman

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Carl J. Yeoman

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

carl.yeoman@montana.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America, Department of Animal and Range Sciences, Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana, United States of America

Competing Interests

JR is the co‐ founder of LUCA Biologics, a biotechnology company focusing on translating microbiome research into live biotherapeutic drugs for women’s health. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.