Interaction variability shapes succession of synthetic microbial ecosystems

Feng Liu; Junwen Mao; Wentao Kong; Qiang Hua; Youjun Feng; Rashid Bashir; Ting Lu

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-13986-6

Nature Communications (Jan 2020)

Interaction variability shapes succession of synthetic microbial ecosystems

Feng Liu,
Junwen Mao,
Wentao Kong,
Qiang Hua,
Youjun Feng,
Rashid Bashir,
Ting Lu

Affiliations

Feng Liu: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Junwen Mao: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Wentao Kong: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Qiang Hua: State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology
Youjun Feng: School of Medicine, Zhejiang University
Rashid Bashir: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ting Lu: Department of Bioengineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-13986-6
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 13

Abstract

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Cellular interactions are a major driver of microbial communities and shown highly variable in strength. Here the authors construct synthetic consortia and mathematical models to elucidate the role of interaction variability in driving ecosystem succession.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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