[HTML][HTML] Trophic interactions and the drivers of microbial community assembly
Despite numerous surveys of gene and species content in heterotrophic microbial
communities, such as those found in animal guts, oceans, or soils, it is still unclear whether …
communities, such as those found in animal guts, oceans, or soils, it is still unclear whether …
[HTML][HTML] Steering ecological-evolutionary dynamics to improve artificial selection of microbial communities
Microbial communities often perform important functions that depend on inter-species
interactions. To improve community function via artificial selection, one can repeatedly grow …
interactions. To improve community function via artificial selection, one can repeatedly grow …
Evolutionary repeatability of emergent properties of ecological communities
S Venkataram, S Kryazhimskiy - … Transactions of the …, 2023 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Most species belong to ecological communities where their interactions give rise to
emergent community-level properties, such as diversity and productivity. Understanding and …
emergent community-level properties, such as diversity and productivity. Understanding and …
[HTML][HTML] Community composition of microbial microcosms follows simple assembly rules at evolutionary timescales
N Meroz, N Tovi, Y Sorokin, J Friedman - Nature communications, 2021 - nature.com
Managing and engineering microbial communities relies on the ability to predict their
composition. While progress has been made on predicting compositions on short, ecological …
composition. While progress has been made on predicting compositions on short, ecological …
[HTML][HTML] Changes in the distribution of fitness effects and adaptive mutational spectra following a single first step towards adaptation
D Aggeli, Y Li, G Sherlock - Nature Communications, 2021 - nature.com
Historical contingency and diminishing returns epistasis have been typically studied for
relatively divergent genotypes and/or over long evolutionary timescales. Here, we use …
relatively divergent genotypes and/or over long evolutionary timescales. Here, we use …
Microbial interaction promotes desulfurization efficiency under high pH condition
The existence of H 2 S in biogas may cause equipment corrosion and considerable SO 2
emission. Commonly used biotrickling filters may cause biogas dilution or generation of …
emission. Commonly used biotrickling filters may cause biogas dilution or generation of …
[HTML][HTML] Adaptive evolution of nontransitive fitness in yeast
A common misconception is that evolution is a linear 'march of progress', where each
organism along a line of descent is more fit than all those that came before it. Rejecting this …
organism along a line of descent is more fit than all those that came before it. Rejecting this …
Stress-induced cross-feeding of internal metabolites provides a dynamic mechanism of microbial cooperation
Despite the ubiquity of microbial diversity observed across environments, mechanisms of
cooperativity that enable species coexistence beyond the classical limit of one-species-per …
cooperativity that enable species coexistence beyond the classical limit of one-species-per …
[HTML][HTML] Pleiotropic mutations can rapidly evolve to directly benefit self and cooperative partner despite unfavorable conditions
Cooperation, paying a cost to benefit others, is widespread. Cooperation can be promoted
by pleiotropic 'win-win'mutations which directly benefit self (self-serving) and partner (partner …
by pleiotropic 'win-win'mutations which directly benefit self (self-serving) and partner (partner …
[HTML][HTML] Stress-induced metabolic exchanges between complementary bacterial types underly a dynamic mechanism of inter-species stress resistance
Metabolic cross-feeding plays vital roles in promoting ecological diversity. While some
microbes depend on exchanges of essential nutrients for growth, the forces driving the …
microbes depend on exchanges of essential nutrients for growth, the forces driving the …