Changes in interactions over ecological time scales influence single-cell growth dynamics in a metabolically coupled marine microbial community.

ABSTRACT: Microbial communities thrive in almost all habitats on earth. Within these communities, cells interact through the release and uptake of metabolites. These interactions can have synergistic or antagonistic effects on individual community members. The collective metabolic activity of microbial communities leads to changes in their local environment. As the environment changes over time, the nature of the interactions between cells can change. We currently lack understanding of how such dynamic feedbacks affect the growth dynamics of individual microbes and of the community as a whole. Here we study how interactions mediated by the exchange of metabolites through the environment change over time within a simple marine microbial community. We used a microfluidic-based approach that allows us

SUBMITTER: Daniels M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9938273 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature