Stability of Cross-Feeding Polymorphisms in Microbial Communities.

Cross-feeding, a relationship wherein one organism consumes metabolites excreted by another, is a ubiquitous feature of natural and clinically-relevant microbial communities and could be a key factor promoting diversity in extreme and/or nutrient-poor environments. However, it remains unclear how re...

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Main Authors: Ivana Gudelj, Margie Kinnersley, Peter Rashkov, Karen Schmidt, Frank Rosenzweig
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-12-01
Series:PLoS Computational Biology
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5201250?pdf=render