Discovery of alternative stable states in a synthetic human gut microbial community
Daniel Rios Garza, Bin Liu, Charlotte van de Velde, Xingjian Zhou, Pallabita Saha, Didier Gonze, Kenneth Simoens, Kristel Bernaerts, Karoline Faust
The paper demonstrates alternative states in a human gut microbial community and identifies phenotype switching as the mechanism driving their emergence.
Nature Communications · Dec 1, 2025Peer-reviewedMicrobiology