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Microbial Potlatch: Cell-level adaptation of leakiness of metabolites leads to resilient symbiosis among diverse cells
J. F. Yamagishi, N. Saito, K. Kaneko
The paper shows that microbial cells evolve to leak essential metabolites, enabling mutualistic coexistence with consumer cells and leading to resilient, diverse ecosystems.
DOI 10.1101/2020.11.06.370924