Few microbiome-based solutions for agricultural productivity, food processing and human nutrition have been successfully commercialized. A systems-based approach that considers the ecology of microbial communities may help finetune extant tools to increase their reliability while promoting innovation and greater adoption.

RNA from highly purified germline stem cells prepared from ovaries overexpressing Dpp from c587-GAL4 was profiled. This is replicate 1. See Kai et al. (2005). Developmental Biology, in press.

RNA from highly purified germline stem cells prepared from bam mutant ovaries was profiled. This is replicate 2. See Kai et al. (2005). Developmental Biology, in press.