Prosser, James I2020-04-232020-04-232020-05-11Prosser, J I 2020, 'Putting science back into microbial ecology : a question of approach', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, vol. 375, no. 1798, 20190240, pp. 20190240. https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2019.02400962-8436https://hdl.handle.net/2164/14143Funding: This work was supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (grant no. NE/L006286/1). Acknowledgements: I am indebted to Dr Cécile Gubry-Rangin and Pro-fessor Graeme Nicol for invaluable comments on the manuscript Data accessibility: This article has no additional data. Competing interests: I declare I have no competing interests.9248132engscientific methodhypothesisinductioncommunity ecologydiversityMicrobiomemicrobiomeCommunity ecologyScientific methodInductionDiversityHypothesisQH301 BiologyGeneral Agricultural and Biological SciencesGeneral Biochemistry,Genetics and Molecular BiologyNatural Environment Research Council (NERC)NE/L006286/1QH301Journal article10.1098/rstb.2019.0240http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082283670&partnerID=8YFLogxK3751798