The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary View
Many separate fields and practices nowadays consider microbes as part of their legitimate focus. Therefore, microbiome studies may act as unexpected unifying forces across very different disciplines. Here, we summarize how microbiomes appear as novel major biological players, offer new artistic fron...
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| author | Eric Bapteste Philippe Gérard Catherine Larose Manuel Blouin Fabrice Not Liliane Campos Géraldine Aïdan M. André Selosse M. Sarah Adénis Frédéric Bouchard Sébastien Dutreuil Eduardo Corel Chloé Vigliotti Philippe Huneman F. Joseph Lapointe Philippe Lopez |
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| description | Many separate fields and practices nowadays consider microbes as part of their legitimate focus. Therefore, microbiome studies may act as unexpected unifying forces across very different disciplines. Here, we summarize how microbiomes appear as novel major biological players, offer new artistic frontiers, new uses from medicine to laws, and inspire novel ontologies. We identify several convergent emerging themes across ecosystem studies, microbial and evolutionary ecology, arts, medicine, forensic analyses, law and philosophy of science, as well as some outstanding issues raised by microbiome studies across these disciplines and practices. An ‘epistemic revolution induced by microbiome studies’ seems to be ongoing, characterized by four features: (i) an ecologization of pre-existing concepts within disciplines, (ii) a growing interest in systemic analyses of the investigated or represented phenomena and a greater focus on interactions as their root causes, (iii) the intent to use openly multi-scalar interaction networks as an explanatory framework to investigate phenomena to acknowledge the causal effects of microbiomes, (iv) a reconceptualization of the usual definitions of which individuals are worth considering as an explanans or as an explanandum by a given field, which result in a fifth strong trend, namely (v) a de-anthropocentrification of our perception of the world. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-bf31d287911c4fa1acb031576e8d600e2023-11-22T03:15:57ZengMDPI AGBiology2079-77372021-07-0110765110.3390/biology10070651The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary ViewEric Bapteste0Philippe Gérard1Catherine Larose2Manuel Blouin3Fabrice Not4Liliane Campos5Géraldine Aïdan6M. André Selosse7M. Sarah Adénis8Frédéric Bouchard9Sébastien Dutreuil10Eduardo Corel11Chloé Vigliotti12Philippe Huneman13F. Joseph Lapointe14Philippe Lopez15Institut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 75005 Paris, FranceMicalis Institute, INRAE, AgroParisTech, Université Paris-Saclay, 78350 Jouy-en-Josas, FranceEnvironmental Microbial Genomics, Laboratoire Ampère, École Centrale de Lyon, CNRS, University of Lyon, 69134 Ecully, FranceDépartement Agronomie Agroéquipements Elevage Environnement, UMR 1347 Agroécologie (INRA/AgroSup/Université de Bourgogne), 26 Bd Docteur Petitjean, BP 87999, CEDEX, 21079 Dijon, FranceSorbonne Université, CNRS, AD2M-UMR7144, Station Biologique de Roscoff, 29680 Roscoff, FrancePRISMES—Langues, Textes, Arts et Cultures du Monde Anglophone—EA 4398, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle and Institut Universitaire de France, 75005 Paris, FranceCERSA, UMR 7106 (CNRS—Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas), 10 rue Thénard, 75005 Paris, FranceInstitut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 75005 Paris, FrancePILI, 16 Avenue du Bas Meudon, 92130 Issy-les-Moulineaux, FranceDépartement de Philosophie, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, CanadaCentre Gilles Gaston Granger, CNRS, UMR7304 Université d’Aix-Marseille—Site Schuman, Maison de la Recherche, 29, Avenue Robert Schuman, 13621 Aix-en-Provence, FranceInstitut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 75005 Paris, FranceUMR MIA-PARIS, 16 Rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris, FranceInstitut d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et des Techniques, CNRS/Université Paris I Sorbonne, 13 rue du Four, 75006 Paris, FranceDépartement de Sciences Biologiques, Complexe des Sciences, Université de Montréal, 1375 Avenue Thérèse-Lavoie-Roux, Montréal, QC H2V 0B3, CanadaInstitut de Systématique, Evolution, Biodiversité (ISYEB), Sorbonne Université, CNRS, Museum National d’Histoire Naturelle, EPHE, Université des Antilles, 75005 Paris, FranceMany separate fields and practices nowadays consider microbes as part of their legitimate focus. Therefore, microbiome studies may act as unexpected unifying forces across very different disciplines. Here, we summarize how microbiomes appear as novel major biological players, offer new artistic frontiers, new uses from medicine to laws, and inspire novel ontologies. We identify several convergent emerging themes across ecosystem studies, microbial and evolutionary ecology, arts, medicine, forensic analyses, law and philosophy of science, as well as some outstanding issues raised by microbiome studies across these disciplines and practices. An ‘epistemic revolution induced by microbiome studies’ seems to be ongoing, characterized by four features: (i) an ecologization of pre-existing concepts within disciplines, (ii) a growing interest in systemic analyses of the investigated or represented phenomena and a greater focus on interactions as their root causes, (iii) the intent to use openly multi-scalar interaction networks as an explanatory framework to investigate phenomena to acknowledge the causal effects of microbiomes, (iv) a reconceptualization of the usual definitions of which individuals are worth considering as an explanans or as an explanandum by a given field, which result in a fifth strong trend, namely (v) a de-anthropocentrification of our perception of the world.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/7/651microbiomesevolutionary microbiologymicrobial ecologynetworksindividualsselection |
| spellingShingle | Eric Bapteste Philippe Gérard Catherine Larose Manuel Blouin Fabrice Not Liliane Campos Géraldine Aïdan M. André Selosse M. Sarah Adénis Frédéric Bouchard Sébastien Dutreuil Eduardo Corel Chloé Vigliotti Philippe Huneman F. Joseph Lapointe Philippe Lopez The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary View Biology microbiomes evolutionary microbiology microbial ecology networks individuals selection |
| title | The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary View |
| title_full | The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary View |
| title_fullStr | The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary View |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary View |
| title_short | The Epistemic Revolution Induced by Microbiome Studies: An Interdisciplinary View |
| title_sort | epistemic revolution induced by microbiome studies an interdisciplinary view |
| topic | microbiomes evolutionary microbiology microbial ecology networks individuals selection |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/10/7/651 |
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