Characterising a stable five-species microbial community for use in experimental evolution and ecology.
M. Castledine, J. Pennycook, A. Newbury, L. Lear, Z. Erdos, R. Lewis, S. Kay, D. Sanders, D. Sunderhauf, A. Buckling, E. Hesse, D. Padfield
The paper reports the stable coexistence of a five-species microbial community derived from soil microbes, demonstrating long-term stability and species identification through plate morphologies.
bioRxiv · Apr 24, 2020 · PreprintEcology