Investigating the dynamics of microbial consortia in spatially structured environments
Sonali Gupta, Tyler D. Ross, Marcella M. Gomez, Job L. Grant, Philip A. Romero, Ophelia S. Venturelli
This study uses a microfluidic platform to quantify how spatial arrangement affects gene expression and growth in microbial consortia, showing distance acts as a low-pass filter and feedback mechanisms influence synchronization.
Nature Communications · May 15, 2020Peer-reviewedSystems Biology