The social network of microorganisms - How auxotrophies shape complex communities

Nature Reviews Microbiology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2018, Pages 383-390

  Zengler, Karsten ^a,b   Zaramela, Livia S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; VITAMIN;

AUXOTROPHY; ELECTRON; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL NETWORK; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETICS; GENOMICS; MICROFLORA; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMICS; MICROBIOTA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 85044596056     PISSN: 17401526     EISSN: 17401534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/s41579-018-0004-5     Document Type: Review

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