Ecological Stability Properties of Microbial Communities Assessed by Flow Cytometry.

ABSTRACT: Natural microbial communities affect human life in countless ways, ranging from global biogeochemical cycles to the treatment of wastewater and health via the human microbiome. In order to probe, monitor, and eventually control these communities, fast detection and evaluation methods are required. In order to facilitate rapid community analysis and monitor a community's dynamic behavior with high resolution, we here apply community flow cytometry, which provides single-cell-based high-dimensional data characterizing communities with high acuity over time. To interpret time series data, we draw inspiration from macroecology, in which a rich set of concepts has been developed for describing population dynamics. We focus on the stability paradigm as a promising candidate to interpret such dat

SUBMITTER: Liu Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770544 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature