The STREAMS microbiome guidelines for environmental, non-human host-associated, and synthetic microbiome research were drafted during the Microbiome Data Management in Action workshop in 2024. The STREAMS consortium currently contains almost 250 researchers and we are continuously obtaining community feedback. Our key contributors are shown below.
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Kelliher, J.M., Mirzayi, C., Bordenstein, S.R. et al. STREAMS guidelines: standards for technical reporting in environmental and host-associated microbiome studies. Nat Microbiol (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-025-02186-2
Kelliher, J.M., Aljumaah, M., Bordenstein, S.R. et al. Microbiome data management in action workshop: Atlanta, GA, USA, June 12–13, 2024. Environmental Microbiome 20, 40 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40793-025-00702-9
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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Award No. 2422717. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this presentation are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.
STREAMS Microbiome Guidelines 