A salvaging strategy enables stable metabolite provisioning among free-living bacteria
S. Gude, G. J. Pherribo, M. E. Taga
This study shows that precursor salvaging in engineered E. coli enables stable metabolite provisioning by allowing non-productive members to access salvaged cofactors while protecting salvagers from overexploitation.
bioRxiv · Dec 14, 2021Microbiology