Jennifer T. Pentz

The paper assesses microbial interactions across environments using genome-scale metabolic networks, finding that most bacterial pairs can both compete and cooperate depending on resource availability.

This study tests evolutionary forecasts in related bacterial species under similar conditions, showing that phenotypes are predictable but molecular details are not.

This study evolves Escherichia coli to improve acetate metabolism but finds that some mutations reduce growth on glucose, highlighting potential trade-offs in complex feedstocks.