The architecture of metabolic networks constrains the evolution of microbial resource hierarchies

S Takano, JCC Vila, R Miyazaki… - … Biology and Evolution, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Microbial strategies for resource use are an essential determinant of their fitness in complex
habitats. When facing environments with multiple nutrients, microbes often use them …

[HTML][HTML] Dynamic coexistence driven by physiological transitions in microbial communities

AV Narla, T Hwa, A Murugan - bioRxiv, 2024 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Microbial ecosystems are commonly modeled by fixed interactions between species in
steady exponential growth states. However, microbes often modify their environments so …

A Framework for Investigating Random Ensembles of Structured Ecosystems and Quantifying Their Emergent Coarse-Grainability

JT Moran - 2023 - search.proquest.com
The interface between statistical physics and theoretical ecology has a long history,
employing powerful concepts such as ensemble approaches and typicality to study …