Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities

  • Leonora S. Bittleston,
  • Matti Gralka,
  • Gabriel E. Leventhal,
  • Itzhak Mizrahi,
  • Otto X. Cordero

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15169-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Historical contingency can affect community composition and function, but the extent to which this occurs is unclear. Here the authors use pitcher plant microbial communities to demonstrate that community dynamics and key metabolic functions at equilibrium depend on history and initial composition.