Abstract
Synthetic communities can be used as model systems for the molecular examination of species interactions. Manipulating synthetic communities to create novel beneficial interactions provides insight into the mechanisms of cooperation as well as the potential to improve the productivity of industrially relevant systems. Here, we present a general scheme for evolving a mutualism from a bacterial consortium in which one species consumes the by-products of another.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 39-47 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Methods in Molecular Biology |
Volume | 1151 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2014 |
Keywords
- Consortia
- Cooperation
- Cross-feeding
- Evolution
- Synthetic ecology