Coexistence of Microbial Species in Structured Communities by Forming a Hawk-Dove Game Like Interactive Relationship.

ABSTRACT: Microorganisms evolve kinds of elaborate interaction models that can form relatively stable communities in a wide range of ecosystems. It is recognized that the spatial genetic structure of microbes in surface-attached environments lays a good foundation for the persistence of polymicrobial communities in adverse conditions. However, the interacting dynamics of microbes in facilitating the formation and stabilization of community structure still remains elusive. In this study, we identify a hawk-dove game like interspecific relationship between the two Gram-negative opportunistic pathogens Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae, which naturally coexist in insect gut and can cocolonize human tissues. Specifically, although P. aeruginosa had significant competi

SUBMITTER: Zhao K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6477097 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature