A mutant fitness assay identifies bacterial interactions in a model ocean hot spot

JE Schreier, CB Smith, TR Ioerger… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Bacteria that assemble in phycospheres surrounding living phytoplankton cells metabolize a
substantial proportion of ocean primary productivity. Yet the type and extent of interactions …

Designing host-associated microbiomes using the consumer/resource model

G Plata, K Srinivasan, M Krishnamurthy, L Herron… - bioRxiv, 2023 - biorxiv.org
A key step towards rational microbiome engineering is in silico sampling of realistic
microbial communities that correspond to desired host phenotypes, and vice versa. This …