Biomarker panels for characterizing microbial community biofilm formation as composite molecular process.

ABSTRACT: Microbial consortia execute collaborative molecular processes with contributions from individual species, on such basis enabling optimized molecular function. Such collaboration and synergies benefit metabolic flux specifically in extreme environmental conditions as seen in acid mine drainage, with biofilms as relevant microenvironment. However, knowledge about community species composition is not sufficient for deducing presence and efficiency of composite molecular function. For this task molecular resolution of the consortium interactome is to be retrieved, with molecular biomarkers particularly suited for characterizing composite molecular processes involved in biofilm formation and maintenance. A microbial species set identified in 18 copper environmental sites provides a data matrix

SUBMITTER: Bosse M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6085001 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature