Networks of energetic and metabolic interactions define dynamics in microbial communities.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms form diverse communities that have a profound impact on the environment and human health. Recent technological advances have enabled elucidation of community diversity at high resolution. Investigation of microbial communities has revealed that they often contain multiple members with complementing and seemingly redundant metabolic capabilities. An understanding of the communal impacts of redundant metabolic capabilities is currently lacking; specifically, it is not known whether metabolic redundancy will foster competition or motivate cooperation. By investigating methanogenic populations, we identified the multidimensional interspecies interactions that define composition and dynamics within syntrophic communities that play a key role in the global carbon cycle. Species-sp

SUBMITTER: Embree M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4687543 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature