Long-term homeostasis in microbial consortia via auxotrophic cross-feeding
Nicolas E. Grandel, Amanda M. Alexander, Xiao Peng, Caroline Palamountain, Razan N. Alnahhas, Andrew J. Hirning, Krešimir Josić́, Matthew R. Bennett
This paper presents a method to control microbial consortium proportions using auxotrophic cross-feeding in continuous culture, demonstrating precise regulation through exogenous nutrient addition and mathematical modeling.
Nature Communications · Sep 29, 2025Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology