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PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 377, 期 1857, 页码 -出版社
ROYAL SOC
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2021.0396
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ecological networks; bioengineering; synthetic biology; invasion dynamics
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This paper addresses the response of a community to the introduction of a synthetic strain derived from a member of a stable ecosystem. The study shows that the community interaction matrix largely limits the spread of the engineered strain, highlighting the ecological firewall provided by species diversity.
Ecological systems are facing major diversity losses in this century owing to Anthropogenic effects. Habitat loss, overexploitation of resources, invasion and pollution are rapidly jeopardizing the survival of whole communities. It has been recently suggested that a potential approach to flatten the curve of species extinction and prevent catastrophic shifts would involve the engineering of one selected species within one of these communities. Such possibility has started to become part of potential intervention scenarios to preserve biodiversity. Despite its potential, very little is known about the actual dynamic responses of complex ecological networks to the introduction of a synthetic strains derived from a resident species. In this paper, we address this problem by modelling the response of a community to the addition of a synthetic strain derived from a member of a stable ecosystem. We show that the community interaction matrix largely limits the spread of the engineered strain, thus suggesting that species diversity acts as an ecological firewall. The implications for future scenarios of ecosystem engineering are outlined.This article is part of the theme issue 'Ecological complexity and the biosphere: the next 30 years'.
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