This month’s Genome Watch discusses the application of spatial transcriptomics to investigate the arrangements of microbial communities and their effects on the host.
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Blow, M.J. Mapping the microbiome milieu. Nat Rev Microbiol 22, 190 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41579-024-01019-z
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