Open challenges for microbial network construction and analysis

Microbial network construction is a popular explorative data analysis technique in microbiome research. Although a large number of microbial network construction tools has been developed to date, there are several issues concerning the construction and interpretation of microbial networks that have received less attention. The purpose of this perspective is to draw attention to these underexplored challenges of microbial network construction and analysis.

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Microbial network construction is a popular exploratory data analysis technique in microbiome research, but there are some issues concerning the construction and interpretation of microbial networks that have received less attention and need more exploration.