Metabolic specialization and the assembly of microbial communities

ISME Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1985-1991

  Johnson, David R ^a,b   Goldschmidt, Felix ^a,b   Lilja, Elin E ^a,b   Ackermann, Martin ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

biochemical conflicts; community assembly; cross feeding; metabolic specialization; trade offs

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; SPECIALIZATION; SUBSTRATE; TRADE-OFF;

BACTERIUM; CLASSIFICATION; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HUMANS;

EID: 84867746452     PISSN: 17517362     EISSN: 17517370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ismej.2012.46     Document Type: Review

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