Experimental community coalescence sheds light on microbial interactions in soil and restores impaired functions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Microbes typically live in communities where individuals can interact with each other in numerous ways. However, knowledge on the importance of these interactions is limited and derives mainly from studies using a limited number of species grown in coculture. Here, we manipulated soil microbial communities to assess the contribution of interactions between microorganisms for assembly of the soil microbiome.

Results

By combining experimental removal (taxa depletion in the community) and coalescence (mixing of manipulated and control communities) approaches, we demonstrated that interactions between microorganisms can play a key role in determining their fitness during soil recolonization. The coalescence approach not only revealed the importance of density-dependen

SUBMITTER: Huet S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9985222 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature