<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2025/2025-12-new-global-guidelines-streamline-environmental-microbiome-research.aspx" dsn="blogs"><homehero>true</homehero><categories>Discovery Science</categories><broadcast>mgi</broadcast><articlePreview/><pubDate>12/01/2025</pubDate><title>New global guidelines streamline environmental microbiome research</title><subTitle>STREAMS project brings together researchers from around the world to improve how microbiome studies are reported.</subTitle><description><p>STREAMS project brings together researchers from around the world to improve how microbiome studies are reported.</p></description><highlights/><author>Debbie Walton</author><hero-image><img src="" alt=""/></hero-image><image><img src="/_assets/images/news/2025/2025-12-new-global-guidelines-streamline-microbiome-research-%20500.jpg" alt="MGI doctoral student Julia Kelliher smiles at the camera. She is sitting on a bench and there are plants behind her. "/></image><storyAudio/><tags><tag>microbiology</tag></tags></item>