Investigating the dynamics of microbial consortia in spatially structured environments

Sonali Gupta; Tyler D. Ross; Marcella M. Gomez; Job L. Grant; Philip A. Romero; Ophelia S. Venturelli

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16200-0

Nature Communications (May 2020)

Investigating the dynamics of microbial consortia in spatially structured environments

Sonali Gupta,
Tyler D. Ross,
Marcella M. Gomez,
Job L. Grant,
Philip A. Romero,
Ophelia S. Venturelli

Affiliations

Sonali Gupta: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Tyler D. Ross: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Marcella M. Gomez: Applied Mathematics, University of California Santa Cruz
Job L. Grant: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Philip A. Romero: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ophelia S. Venturelli: Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16200-0
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 15

Abstract

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The spatial organisation of microbial communities is caused by the interplay of biotic and abiotic factors. Here the authors design a microfluidic platform to quantify the spatiotemporal parameters influencing diffusion-mediated interactions, and use this device to investigate information transmission and metabolic cross-feeding in synthetic microbial consortia.

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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