Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales
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Author(s)
Cordero Sanchez, Otto X.
Datta, Manoshi Sen
Date Issued
May 2016
Journal
Current Opinion in Microbiology
Publisher
Elsevier
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Cordero, Otto X and Datta, Manoshi S. “Microbial Interactions and Community Assembly at Microscales.” Current Opinion in Microbiology 31 (June 2016): 227–234 © 2016 The Author(s)
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Abstract
In most environments, microbial interactions take place within microscale cell aggregates. At the scale of these aggregates (∼100 μm), interactions are likely to be the dominant driver of population structure and dynamics. In particular, organisms that exploit interspecific interactions to increase ecological performance often co-aggregate. Conversely, organisms that antagonize each other will tend to spatially segregate, creating distinct micro-communities and increased diversity at larger length scales. We argue that, in order to understand the role that biological interactions play in microbial community function, it is necessary to study microscale spatial organization with enough throughput to measure statistical associations between taxa and possible alternative community states. We conclude by proposing strategies to tackle this challenge.
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2016.03.015
