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Trophic Interactions and the Drivers of Microbial Community Assembly
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Despite numerous surveys of gene and species content in heterotrophic microbial communities, such as those found in animal guts, oceans, or soils, it is still unclear whether there are generalizable biological or ecological processes that control their dynamics and function. Here, we review experimental and theoretical advances to argue that networks of trophic interactions, in which the metabolic excretions of one species are the primary resource for another, constitute the central drivers of microbial community assembly. Trophic interactions emerge from the deconstruction of complex forms of organic matter into a wealth of smaller metabolic intermediates, some of which are released to the environment and serve as a nutritional buffet for the community. The structure of the emergent trophic network and the rate at which primary resources are supplied control many features of microbial community assembly, including the relative contributions of competition and cooperation and the emergence of alternative community states. Viewing microbial community assembly through the lens of trophic interactions also has important implications for the spatial dynamics of communities as well as the functional redundancy of taxonomic groups. Given the ubiquity of trophic interactions across environments, they impart a common logic that can enable the development of a more quantitative and predictive microbial community ecology.
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- Authors
- Gralka, M., Szabo, R., Stocker, R., & Cordero, O. X.
- Venue
- Current Biology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-10
- Volume
- 30
- Issue
- 19
- Pages
- R1176-R1188
- ISSN
- 0960-9822 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3092592068
- Cited by
- 331
- References
- 124
- FWCI
- 17.26
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- hybrid
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