Rethinking microbiome health through functional dynamics
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2026-04-08
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Potiron, Aline
Francken, Jolien C.
El Aidy, Sahar
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Abstract
Translation in microbiome science is limited by static concepts of health that obscure dynamic host-microbe processes. We propose adaptive coherence: the capacity of host-microbiome systems to sustain integrated function through reorganization. This reframes health as emergent and relational, directing measurement toward system adaptability, functional integrity, and network interactions.
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Taverne, Parasitology, Microbiology, Virology
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Potiron, A, Francken, J C & El Aidy, S 2026, 'Rethinking microbiome health through functional dynamics', Cell Host and Microbe, vol. 34, no. 4, pp. 562-566. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chom.2026.03.005