The document discusses the need for field guides to catalog and classify microbes. Field guides for microbes include information on phylogenetic classification, functional diversity, biogeography, niche and function, and means for identification. They provide a guide for interpreting normal and abnormal microbial states. Field guides are important for understanding emerging pathogens, enzyme discovery, forensic microbiology, climate change, global ecology, antimicrobial resistance, microbiome manipulation, and vaccine design, as microbes play a key role in many areas but are challenging to study due to their small size, diversity, numbers, and inability to culture many species. DNA sequencing, other technological advances, and citizen science projects help advance field guides for microbes.

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5. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Components
! Phylogenetic catalog of
types of organism
! Functional diversity
! Biogeography (space and
time)
! Niche and in situ function
! Means for identification
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities

6. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Components
! Phylogenetic catalog of
types of organism
! Functional diversity
! Biogeography (space and
time)
! Niche and in situ function
! Means for identification
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities
MICROBES

7. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Components
! Phylogenetic catalog of
types of organism
! Functional diversity
! Biogeography (space and
time)
! Niche and in situ function
! Means for identification
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities
MICROBES
CRAZY

8. Why Needed? Microbes Run the Planet

9. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities
! Emerging pathogens
! Enzyme Discovery
! Microbial Forensics
! Climate Change
! Global ecology
! Antimicrobial resistance
! Microbiome
manipulation
Biodefense
! Vaccine design
MICROBES

10. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities
! Emerging pathogens
! Enzyme Discovery
! Microbial Forensics
! Climate Change
! Global ecology
! Antimicrobial resistance
! Microbiome
manipulation
Biodefense
! Vaccine design
MICROBES
• Challenges
! Size
! Diversity (kinds,
function, form)
! Numbers
! Unculturables
! Micro to macro scales

11. Solution I: DNA Sequencing

12. Solutions II: Other Advances

13. Solution III: Citizen Microbiology
Kitty Microbiome

14. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Components
! Phylogenetic catalog of
types of organism
! Functional diversity
! Biogeography (space and
time)
! Niche and in situ function
! Means for identification
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities

15. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Components
! Phylogenetic catalog of
types of organism
! Functional diversity
! Biogeography (space and
time)
! Niche and in situ function
! Means for identification
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities
MICROBES

16. All Made Possible By Field Guides
• Components
! Phylogenetic catalog of
types of organism
! Functional diversity
! Biogeography (space and
time)
! Niche and in situ function
! Means for identification
• Provides a guide to
interpret normal states
and abnormalities
MICROBES
NOT TOO CRAZY