Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities
Historical contingency can affect community composition and function, but the extent to which this occurs is unclear. Here the authors use pitcher plant microbial communities to demonstrate that community dynamics and key metabolic functions at equilibrium depend on history and initial composition.
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| author | Leonora S. Bittleston Matti Gralka Gabriel E. Leventhal Itzhak Mizrahi Otto X. Cordero |
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| description | Historical contingency can affect community composition and function, but the extent to which this occurs is unclear. Here the authors use pitcher plant microbial communities to demonstrate that community dynamics and key metabolic functions at equilibrium depend on history and initial composition. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2f4ccbad7dcb413fba7f7802a8de7c572022-12-21T19:08:39ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232020-03-0111111010.1038/s41467-020-15169-0Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communitiesLeonora S. Bittleston0Matti Gralka1Gabriel E. Leventhal2Itzhak Mizrahi3Otto X. Cordero4Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Department of Life Sciences and the National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the NegevDepartment of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Historical contingency can affect community composition and function, but the extent to which this occurs is unclear. Here the authors use pitcher plant microbial communities to demonstrate that community dynamics and key metabolic functions at equilibrium depend on history and initial composition.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15169-0 |
| spellingShingle | Leonora S. Bittleston Matti Gralka Gabriel E. Leventhal Itzhak Mizrahi Otto X. Cordero Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities Nature Communications |
| title | Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities |
| title_full | Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities |
| title_fullStr | Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities |
| title_full_unstemmed | Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities |
| title_short | Context-dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities |
| title_sort | context dependent dynamics lead to the assembly of functionally distinct microbial communities |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-15169-0 |
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