Strain-level diversity drives alternative community types in millimeter scale granular biofilms
G. E. Leventhal, C. Boix, U. Kuechler, T. N. Enke, E. Sliwerska, C. Holliger, O. X. Cordero
The paper shows that strain-level diversity, not genus-level, drives alternative community types in biofilms, with strains of Candidatus Accumulibacter excluding each other within replicates.
bioRxiv · Mar 12, 2018Microbiology