Table 1 Summary of presented DoD microbiome-related research
From: Meeting report of the third annual Tri-Service Microbiome Consortium symposium
Organization | Thematic area | Topic |
|---|---|---|
Army | ||
 CCDC SC/ USARIEM | Human microbiomes: Warfighter performance (stress, diet and the gut microbiome) | Use of in vitro human gut models to extend insight into clinical study on effects of military food rations on the gut microbiota [4, 5] |
 USACEHR/ WRAIR | Human microbiomes: Warfighter performance (stress, diet and the gut microbiome) | Effects of post-traumatic stress disorder-like stress and microgravity on the microbiome-gut-brain axis in animal models |
 USUHS | Human microbiomes: Warfighter performance (stress, diet and the gut microbiome) | Gut microbiota response to traveler’s diarrhea and antibiotic treatment |
 USUHS | Human microbiomes: Warfighter protection (respiratory, nasal, oral and otic microbiomes) | Relations between the nasal microbiota and skin and soft tissue infections in Army recruits [6, 7] |
 ERDC-EL | Environmental microbiomes (soil and marine) | Effectively using microbes to degrade munitions [8] |
 ERDC-CRREL | Environmental microbiomes (soil and marine) | Understanding microbial communities during extreme weather events [9] |
 CCDC-ARL | Environmental microbiomes (polymicrobial communities) | Designing functional microbial consortia for expedient manufacturing [10] |
 CCDC SC | Emerging tools | Organoid models for studying host-microbe interactions [11] |
 CCDC SC | Enabling techniques | Increasing physiologic relevance of in vitro gut fermentation models |
 WRAIR | Enabling techniques | Applications of single cell RNAseq in cellular immunology |
Air Force | ||
 59th Medical AF | Human microbiomes: Warfighter protection (respiratory, nasal, oral and otic microbiomes) | Temporal shifts in the skin microbiome of Air Force recruits during initial military training [12] |
 AFIT | Environmental microbiomes (built environment) | Methodological considerations for studying the microbiome of the built environment [13] |
 AFRL | Polymicrobial communities | Aircraft microbiomes and relation to biocorrosion and biodeterioration [14] |
 AFRL | Engineering microbiomes | Engineering microbes to sense and respond to physiologic changes in humans |
 AFRL | Emerging tools | Gut-brain on a chip microfluidic models to study host-microbe interactions |
Navy | ||
 NAMRU- Dayton | Human microbiomes: Warfighter performance (stress, diet and the gut microbiome) | Potential applications of probiotics for Warfighter performance |
 NRL | Environmental microbiomes (soil and marine) | Using marine microbes for electricity production [15] |
 NRL | Environmental microbiomes (polymicrobial communities) | Microbiomes in ship hull biofouling |
 NRL | Engineering microbiomes | In situ engineering of autotrophic microbial communities [16] |
 NRL | Enabling techniques | Multi-omics and bioinformatics for microbiome analyses |
DARPA | Program update | Ongoing DARPA programs supporting research into using microbes for environmental sensing and reporting, modulating mosquito attractiveness, and nasal-based delivery of neuromodulatory microbes. |
DTRA | Program update | Ongoing DTRA programs to understand radiation effects on microorganisms |
MVM-CoRE (non-DoD) | Human microbiomes: Warfighter performance (stress, diet and the human microbiome) | US Veteran Microbiome Project status update [17] |