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ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
卷 16, 期 6, 页码 1472-1481出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12343
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- Flemish Fund for Scientific Research (FWO Vlaanderen) [G.0700.10N, FWO11/PDO/046]
- Inter-University Attraction Pole (IUAP)
- Belgian Science Policy (BELSPO) [P7/25]
Many microbial ecologists have described the composition of microbial communities in a plenitude of environments, which has greatly improved our basic understanding of microorganisms and ecosystems. However, the factors and processes that influence the behaviour and functionality of an ecosystem largely remain black boxes when using conventional approaches. Therefore, synthetic microbial ecology has gained a lot of interest in the last few years. Because of their reduced complexity and increased controllability, synthetic communities are often preferred over complex communities to examine ecological theories. They limit the factors that influence the microbial community to a minimum, allowing their management and identifying specific community responses. However, besides their use for basic research, synthetic ecosystems also found their way towards different applications, like industrial fermentation and bioremediation. Here, we review why and how synthetic microbial communities are applied for research purposes and for which applications they have been and could be successfully used.
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