Stability of multispecies bacterial communities: signaling networks may stabilize microbiomes.

Multispecies bacterial communities can be remarkably stable and resilient even though they consist of cells and species that compete for environmental resources. In silico models suggest that common signals released into the environment may help selected bacterial species cluster at common locations...

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Main Authors: Ádám Kerényi, Dóra Bihary, Vittorio Venturi, Sándor Pongor
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3587416?pdf=render