Emergence and disruption of cooperativity in a denitrifying microbial community
Alex V. Carr, Anne E. Otwell, Kristopher A. Hunt, Yan Chen, James Wilson, José P. Faria, Filipe Liu, Janaka N. Edirisinghe, Jacob J. Valenzuela, Serdar Turkarslan, Lauren Michelle Lui, Torben Nielsen, Adam P. Arkin, Christopher S. Henry, Christopher J. Petzold, , Nitin S. Baliga
This study identifies pathway partitioning as a mechanism for complete denitrification in microbial communities and shows how imbalances in substrate utilization can disrupt cooperativity and lead to nitrous oxide emissions.
The ISME Journal · Jan 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology