Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli

Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli

The maintenance of ecological diversity depends on the strength and direction of competitive interactions, but these interactions are difficult to study in microbial communities. Here the authors use engineered E. coli strains to show that competitively weak strains can persist when pairwise interac...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Michael J. Liao, Arianna Miano, Chloe B. Nguyen, Lin Chao, Jeff Hasty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-11-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19963-8
id doaj-7ed8b5ffd83b473884c63c563a0fe791
record_format Article
spelling doaj-7ed8b5ffd83b473884c63c563a0fe7912021-05-11T08:46:40ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232020-11-011111810.1038/s41467-020-19963-8Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coliMichael J. Liao0Arianna Miano1Chloe B. Nguyen2Lin Chao3Jeff Hasty4Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San DiegoDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San DiegoDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San DiegoSection of Ecology, Behavior and Evolution, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San DiegoDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, San DiegoThe maintenance of ecological diversity depends on the strength and direction of competitive interactions, but these interactions are difficult to study in microbial communities. Here the authors use engineered E. coli strains to show that competitively weak strains can persist when pairwise interactions are asymmetrical.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19963-8
collection DOAJ
language English
format Article
sources DOAJ
author Michael J. Liao
Arianna Miano
Chloe B. Nguyen
Lin Chao
Jeff Hasty
spellingShingle Michael J. Liao
Arianna Miano
Chloe B. Nguyen
Lin Chao
Jeff Hasty
Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli
Nature Communications
author_facet Michael J. Liao
Arianna Miano
Chloe B. Nguyen
Lin Chao
Jeff Hasty
author_sort Michael J. Liao
title Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli
title_short Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli
title_full Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli
title_fullStr Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli
title_full_unstemmed Survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of E. coli
title_sort survival of the weakest in non-transitive asymmetric interactions among strains of e. coli
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
issn 2041-1723
publishDate 2020-11-01
description The maintenance of ecological diversity depends on the strength and direction of competitive interactions, but these interactions are difficult to study in microbial communities. Here the authors use engineered E. coli strains to show that competitively weak strains can persist when pairwise interactions are asymmetrical.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19963-8
work_keys_str_mv AT michaeljliao survivaloftheweakestinnontransitiveasymmetricinteractionsamongstrainsofecoli
AT ariannamiano survivaloftheweakestinnontransitiveasymmetricinteractionsamongstrainsofecoli
AT chloebnguyen survivaloftheweakestinnontransitiveasymmetricinteractionsamongstrainsofecoli
AT linchao survivaloftheweakestinnontransitiveasymmetricinteractionsamongstrainsofecoli
AT jeffhasty survivaloftheweakestinnontransitiveasymmetricinteractionsamongstrainsofecoli
_version_ 1721450442009870336

Similar Items