Metabolic interactions shape a community's phenotype

Chrats Melkonian; Michael F Seidl; Justin J J van der Hooft; Marjon G J de Vos

doi:10.1016/j.tim.2022.05.001

Metabolic interactions shape a community's phenotype

Trends Microbiol. 2022 Jul;30(7):609-611. doi: 10.1016/j.tim.2022.05.001. Epub 2022 May 24.

Authors

Chrats Melkonian¹, Michael F Seidl², Justin J J van der Hooft³, Marjon G J de Vos⁴

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¹ Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, 3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands; Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: c.melkonian@uu.nl.
² Theoretical Biology & Bioinformatics Group, Department of Biology, Utrecht University, 3584CH Utrecht, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.f.seidl@uu.nl.
³ Bioinformatics Group, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708, PB, Wageningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: justin.vanderhooft@wur.nl.
⁴ GELIFES, University of Groningen, 9747AG Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: m.g.j.de.vos@rug.nl.

PMID: 35618541
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2022.05.001

Abstract

Metabolic interactions between auxotrophs and prototrophs in microbial communities are understudied. Yu et al. showed how intracellular as well as intercellular metabolism affects community fitness in the absence and presence of abiotic stress, that is, drugs.

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MeSH terms

Microbiota*
Phenotype