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Zihan Wang

University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignORCID 0000-0002-8964-9046Unclaimed ORCID profile · follow to get notified of new preprints

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Zihan Wang6 papers · Peking University

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Organism:bacteria (other)· 1 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 1 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 1 Assay:metabolomics· 1 Approach:simulation· 1 Approach:statistical model· 1

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Akshit GoyaliD· 2 shared Sergei MasloviD· 2 shared Jacopo GrilliiD· 1 shared Yu Fu· 1 shared

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Fitness advantage of sequential metabolic strategies emerges from community interactions in strongly fluctuating environments

Zihan Wang, Yu Fu, Akshit Goyal, Sergei Maslov

The paper compares fitness of microbial metabolic strategies in fluctuating environments, finding sequential utilizers gain an advantage in diverse communities.

PLoS Computational Biology · May 12, 2026Peer-reviewedEcology

Resource ratio fluctuations drive the evolution of microbial metabolic strategies

Zihan Wang, Jacopo Grilli, Akshit Goyal, Sergei Maslov

The paper shows that resource ratio fluctuations drive the evolution of microbial metabolic strategies, with balanced environments favoring specialists and imbalanced ones favoring generalists.

bioRxiv · Dec 21, 2025 · PreprintEcology