Causes and consequences of pattern diversification in a spatially self-organizing microbial community.

ABSTRACT: Surface-attached microbial communities constitute a vast amount of life on our planet. They contribute to all major biogeochemical cycles, provide essential services to our society and environment, and have important effects on human health and disease. They typically consist of different interacting genotypes that arrange themselves non-randomly across space (referred to hereafter as spatial self-organization). While spatial self-organization is important for the functioning, ecology, and evolution of these communities, the underlying determinants of spatial self-organization remain unclear. Here, we performed a combination of experiments, statistical modeling, and mathematical simulations with a synthetic cross-feeding microbial community consisting of two isogenic strains. We found that

SUBMITTER: Goldschmidt F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8319339 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature