Nature Communications (Jan 2018)

Fungal networks shape dynamics of bacterial dispersal and community assembly in cheese rind microbiomes

  • Yuanchen Zhang,
  • Erik K. Kastman,
  • Jeffrey S. Guasto,
  • Benjamin E. Wolfe

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-02522-z
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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Interactions with other microbes may inhibit or facilitate the dispersal of bacteria. Here, Zhang et al. use cheese rind microbiomes as a model to show that physical networks created by filamentous fungi can affect the dispersal of motile bacteria and thus shape the diversity of microbial communities.