Microbial communities perform many important functions, such as carbon sequestration, decomposition, pathogen resistance, etc., but quantitatively predicting functions of new communities remains a major challenge. In this issue of Cell, Diaz-Colunga et al. report a new simple statistical regularity that enables such predictions.

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预测微生物群落功能的简单规则

微生物群落具有许多重要的功能，例如固碳、分解、病原体抗性等，但定量预测新群落的功能仍然是一个重大挑战。在本期《细胞》杂志中，Diaz-Colunga 等人。报告一种新的简单统计规律，可以实现此类预测。