Biological Microbial Interactions from Cooccurrence Networks in a High Mountain Lacustrine District.

ABSTRACT: A fundamental question in biology is why some species tend to occur together in the same locations, while others are never observed coexisting. This question becomes particularly relevant for microorganisms thriving in the highly diluted waters of high mountain lakes, where biotic interactions might be required to make the most of an extreme environment. We studied a high-throughput gene data set of alpine lakes (>220 Pyrenean lakes) with cooccurrence network analysis to infer potential biotic interactions, using the combination of a probabilistic method for determining significant cooccurrences and coexclusions between pairs of species and a conceptual framework for classifying the nature of the observed cooccurrences and coexclusions. This computational approach (i) determined and quanti

SUBMITTER: Ontiveros VJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9241510 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature