Global change microbiology — big questions about small life for our future

A communal catalogue reveals Earth’s multiscale microbial diversity

(2017) Luke R. Thompson et al.   NATURE

Defining the Anthropocene

(2015) Simon L. Lewis et al.   NATURE

Ecology and Evolution of the Human Microbiota: Fire, Farming and Antibiotics

(2015) Michael Gillings et al.   Genes

The biodiversity of species and their rates of extinction, distribution, and protection

(2014) S. L. Pimm et al.   SCIENCE

Animals in a bacterial world, a new imperative for the life sciences

(2013) Margaret McFall-Ngai et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

The Microbial Engines That Drive Earth's Biogeochemical Cycles

(2008) P. G. Falkowski et al.   SCIENCE