Predicting the structure and function of coalesced microbial communities
P. Sierocinski, K. Milferstedt, F. Bayer, T. Grosskopf, M. Alston, S. Bastkowski, D. Swarbreck, P. J. Hobbs, O. S. Soyer, J. Hamelin, A. Buckling
The paper shows that mixing methanogenic communities leads to increased methane production, driven by dominant, resource-efficient communities rather than average species performance.
bioRxiv · Jan 27, 2017Microbiology