Networks of energetic and metabolic interactions define dynamics in microbial communities

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 50, 2015, Pages 15450-15455

  Embree, Mallory ^a   Liu, Joanne K ^a   Al Bassam, Mahmoud M ^a   Zengler, Karsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Interspecies interactions; Metabolic modeling; Methanogens; Microbial communities; Microbiome

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMINO ACID; BUTYRIC ACID; CARBON; DNA; FORMIC ACID; HEXADECANE; OCTANOIC ACID; RNA; COLICIN; METHANE;

ARTICLE; AUXOTROPHY; DESULFOVIBRIO; DNA SEQUENCE; MELIORIBACTER; METAGENOMICS; METHANOCALCULUS; METHANOCULLEUS; METHANOGEN; METHANOSAETA; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL POPULATION DYNAMICS; MICROBIOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMITHELLA; SYNTROPHOMONAS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; THERMODYNAMICS;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; COLICINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENOME, BACTERIAL; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; METHANE; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84950335869     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506034112     Document Type: Article

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