Stress-induced metabolic exchanges between complementary bacterial types underly a dynamic mechanism of inter-species stress resistance

Abstract 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 extensive cross-feeding needed to support the coexistence of free-living microbes are poorly understood. Here we cha...

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Main Authors: Kapil Amarnath, Avaneesh V. Narla, Sammy Pontrelli, Jiajia Dong, Jack Reddan, Brian R. Taylor, Tolga Caglar, Julia Schwartzman, Uwe Sauer, Otto X. Cordero, Terence Hwa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2023-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-38913-8