Journal
CURRENT OPINION IN BIOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 62, Issue -, Pages 123-128Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2019.09.003
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- Human Frontier Science Program [RGY0077/2016]
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Free-living microbes are generally capable of growing on multiple different nutrients. Some of those nutrients are used simultaneously, while others are used sequentially. The pattern of nutrient preferences and co-utilization defines the metabolic strategy of a microorganism. Metabolic strategies can substantially affect ecological interactions between species, but their evolution and distribution across the tree of life remain poorly characterized. We discuss how the confluence of better computational models of genotype-phenotype maps and high-throughput experimental tools can help us fill gaps in our knowledge and incorporate metabolic strategies into quantitative predictive models of microbial consortia.
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