Emergent cooperation in microbial metabolism

Mixed microbial communities exhibit emergent biochemical properties not found in clonal monocultures. We report a new type of synthetic genetic interaction, synthetic mutualism in trans (SMIT), in which certain pairs of auxotrophic Escherichia coli mutants complement one another's growth by cro...

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Main Authors: Edwin H Wintermute, Pamela A Silver
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2010-01-01
Series:Molecular Systems Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2010.66