Simple organizing principles in microbial communities.

Simple organizing principles in microbial communities.
Curr Opin Microbiol. 2018 Nov 29;45:195-202
Authors: Gore J
Abstract
There is a great deal of interest in discovering the principles that organize microbial communities, to better understand the structure and diversity of these communities in the natural world. Recent conceptual and technical advances have shown how simple organizing principles can give rise to surprising diversity and complex patterns in these consortia. Understanding competition, cooperation, and communication among microbes has provided novel insights into the structure and behavior of microbial collectives, and the use of simple animal models has advanced our understanding of microbial ecology in the host. These multidisciplinary efforts to understand and predict the properties of microbial communities will be critical in the development of microbial ecology as an applied science.
PMID: 30503875 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Current Opinion in Microbiology - November 29, 2018 Category: Microbiology Authors: Gore J Tags: Curr Opin Microbiol Source Type: research