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Cheese rind communities provide tractable systems for in situ and in vitro studies of microbial diversity

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Wolfe, Benjamin E., Button, Julie E., Santarelli, Marcela, Dutton, Rachel J.·2014·Cell

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Tractable microbial communities are needed to bridge the gap between observations of patterns of microbial diversity and mechanisms that can explain these patterns. We developed cheese rinds as model microbial communities by characterizing in situ patterns of diversity and by developing an in vitro system for community reconstruction. Sequencing of 137 different rind communities across 10 countries revealed 24 widely distributed and culturable genera of bacteria and fungi as dominant community members. Reproducible community types formed independent of geographic location of production. Intensive temporal sampling demonstrated that assembly of these communities is highly reproducible. Patterns of community composition and succession observed in situ can be recapitulated in a simple in vitro system. Widespread positive and negative interactions were identified between bacterial and fungal community members. Cheese rind microbial communities represent an experimentally tractable system for defining mechanisms that influence microbial community assembly and function.

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Authors
Wolfe, B. E., Button, J. E., Santarelli, M., & Dutton, R. J.
Affiliations
Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
Dutton, Rachel J.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2014-07
Volume
158
Issue
2
Pages
422-433
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2024775172
Cited by
648
References
55
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FWCI
32.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health
  • National Institute of General Medical Sciences (P50GM068763)
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Gut microbiota and health
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Probiotics and Fermented Foods
Keywords
cheese rind, microbial communities, microbial diversity, community assembly, fungal-bacterial interactions, community succession, community composition, culturable bacteria, culturable fungi, regional variation, temporal sampling
MeSH terms
Amino Acid Sequence, Bacteria, Cheese, Fungi, Molecular Sequence Data, Phylogeny, Sequence Alignment, Bacterial Physiological Phenomena, Biofilms, Biodiversity, Metagenomics

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