Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales
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...
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| author | Cordero Sanchez, Otto X. Datta, Manoshi Sen |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1102552022-09-26T12:56:52Z Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales Cordero Sanchez, Otto X. Datta, Manoshi Sen Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computational and Systems Biology Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering Cordero Sanchez, Otto X. Datta, Manoshi Sen 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. 2017-06-26T16:54:32Z 2017-06-26T16:54:32Z 2016-05 Article http://purl.org/eprint/type/JournalArticle 1369-5274 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110255 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) https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6843-9843 en_US http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mib.2016.03.015 Current Opinion in Microbiology Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ application/pdf Elsevier Elsevier |
| spellingShingle | Cordero Sanchez, Otto X. Datta, Manoshi Sen Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales |
| title | Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales |
| title_full | Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales |
| title_fullStr | Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales |
| title_full_unstemmed | Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales |
| title_short | Microbial interactions and community assembly at microscales |
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